How To Install eric-api-files on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eric-api-files on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eric-api-files
eric-api-files is:
This package contains code completion API files of Python standard modules & builtins, PyQt and PyKDE.
eric is a full featured Python IDE.
There are three methods to install eric-api-files 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 eric-api-files Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eric-api-files using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eric-api-files
Install eric-api-files Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eric-api-files using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eric-api-files
Install eric-api-files 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 eric-api-files using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eric-api-files
How To Uninstall eric-api-files on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eric-api-files package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eric-api-files
Uninstall eric-api-files And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eric-api-files and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eric-api-files
Remove eric-api-files Configurations and Data
To remove eric-api-files configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eric-api-files
Remove eric-api-files configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eric-api-files configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eric-api-files
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eric-api-files package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
