How To Install cmake-format on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-format on Ubuntu 22.04. cmake-format is source code formatter for cmake listfiles

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-format on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cmake-format

cmake-format is:

Contains several utilities for formatting and linting cmake configuration files.

  • cmake-annotate can generate pretty HTML from your listfiles.
  • cmake-format can format your listfiles nicely.
  • cmake-lint can check your listfiles for problems

There are three methods to install cmake-format 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 cmake-format Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cmake-format using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cmake-format

Install cmake-format Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cmake-format using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cmake-format

Install cmake-format 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 cmake-format using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cmake-format

How To Uninstall cmake-format on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cmake-format package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cmake-format

Uninstall cmake-format And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cmake-format and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmake-format

Remove cmake-format Configurations and Data

To remove cmake-format configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cmake-format

Remove cmake-format configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cmake-format configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cmake-format

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-format package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.