How To Install eclipse-wtp-webtools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-wtp-webtools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eclipse-wtp-webtools
eclipse-wtp-webtools is:
The Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) project extends the Eclipse platform with tools for developing Web and Java EE applications. It includes source and graphical editors for a variety of languages, wizards and built-in applications to simplify development, and tools and APIs to support deploying, running, and testing apps.
This package contains editors for HTML and CSS. Also support for writing and debugging of Javascript programs is included.
There are three methods to install eclipse-wtp-webtools 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-wtp-webtools 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-wtp-webtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-wtp-webtools
Install eclipse-wtp-webtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-wtp-webtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-wtp-webtools
Install eclipse-wtp-webtools 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-wtp-webtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-wtp-webtools
How To Uninstall eclipse-wtp-webtools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eclipse-wtp-webtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-wtp-webtools
Uninstall eclipse-wtp-webtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-wtp-webtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-wtp-webtools
Remove eclipse-wtp-webtools Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-wtp-webtools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-wtp-webtools
Remove eclipse-wtp-webtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-wtp-webtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-wtp-webtools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-wtp-webtools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
