How To Install platformio on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install platformio on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is platformio
platformio is:
PlatformIO Core is a heart of whole PlatformIO ecosystem. This is a Command Line Tool that consists of multi-platform build system, platform and library managers and other integration components.
Features:
- Multi-platform Build System
- Development platform and package managers
- Library Manager
- Library Dependency Finder (LDF)
- Serial Port Monitor
- Integration components (Cloud & Desktop IDE and Continuous Integration).
There are three methods to install platformio 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 platformio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install platformio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install platformio
Install platformio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install platformio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install platformio
Install platformio 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 platformio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install platformio
How To Uninstall platformio on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the platformio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove platformio
Uninstall platformio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall platformio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove platformio
Remove platformio Configurations and Data
To remove platformio configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge platformio
Remove platformio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove platformio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge platformio
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install platformio package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
