How To Install eclipse-pydev-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pydev-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eclipse-pydev-data
eclipse-pydev-data is:
PyDev is a Python IDE for Eclipse, which may be used in Python, Jython and IronPython development.
It comes with many goodies such as:
- Django integration
- Code completion
- Code completion with auto import
- Syntax highlighting
- Code analysis
- Go to definition
- Refactoring
- Mark occurrences
- Debugger
- Remote debugger
- Tokens browser
- Interactive console
- Unittest integration
- Code coverage
This package contains the architecture-independent data files of PyDev.
There are three methods to install eclipse-pydev-data on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install eclipse-pydev-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-pydev-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-pydev-data
Install eclipse-pydev-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-pydev-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-pydev-data
Install eclipse-pydev-data Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-pydev-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-pydev-data
How To Uninstall eclipse-pydev-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eclipse-pydev-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-pydev-data
Uninstall eclipse-pydev-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-pydev-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-pydev-data
Remove eclipse-pydev-data Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-pydev-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-pydev-data
Remove eclipse-pydev-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-pydev-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-pydev-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pydev-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
