How To Install codeblocks on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install codeblocks
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is codeblocks
codeblocks is:
Code::Blocks is a cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE). It is based on a self-developed plugin framework allowing unlimited extensibility. Most of its functionality is already provided by plugins. Plugins included in the base package are: * Compiler frontend to many free compilers * Debugger frontend for GDB * Source formatter (based on AStyle) * Wizard to create new C++ classes * Code-completion / symbols-browser (work in progress) * Default MIME handler * Wizard to create new Code::Blocks plugins * To-do list * Extensible wizard based on scripts * Autosave (saves your work in the unfortunate case of a crash)
There are three methods to install codeblocks
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install codeblocks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install codeblocks
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install codeblocks
Install codeblocks Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install codeblocks
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install codeblocks
Install codeblocks 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 codeblocks
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install codeblocks
How To Uninstall codeblocks on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the codeblocks
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove codeblocks
Uninstall codeblocks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall codeblocks
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove codeblocks
Remove codeblocks Configurations and Data
To remove codeblocks
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge codeblocks
Remove codeblocks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove codeblocks
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge codeblocks
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install codeblocks
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.