How To Install eclipse-rse-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-rse-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04. eclipse-rse-sdk is Eclipse Remote System Explorer (source and documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-rse-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is eclipse-rse-sdk

eclipse-rse-sdk is:

RSE is a framework and toolkit in Eclipse Workbench, that allows you to connect and work with a variety of remote systems, including

* remote file systems through SSH, FTP or dstore agents,
* remote shell access (compiling with error navigation),
* remote process handling through dstore agents,
* and remote debugging through CDT / gdb.

This package contains documentation and source for the Eclipse Remote System Explorer.

There are three methods to install eclipse-rse-sdk 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-rse-sdk 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-rse-sdk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-rse-sdk

Install eclipse-rse-sdk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-rse-sdk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install eclipse-rse-sdk

Install eclipse-rse-sdk 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-rse-sdk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-rse-sdk

How To Uninstall eclipse-rse-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the eclipse-rse-sdk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eclipse-rse-sdk

Uninstall eclipse-rse-sdk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eclipse-rse-sdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-rse-sdk

Remove eclipse-rse-sdk Configurations and Data

To remove eclipse-rse-sdk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-rse-sdk

Remove eclipse-rse-sdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove eclipse-rse-sdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-rse-sdk

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-rse-sdk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.