How To Install arduino-ctags on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 349 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install arduino-ctags on Ubuntu.
What is arduino-ctags
arduino-ctags is:
This package is Arduino’s own mix of Exuberant Ctags and Anjuta tags.
These tags are required by the Arduino builder to properly process Arduino sketches.
There are three methods to install arduino-ctags on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install arduino-ctags Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install arduino-ctags using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install arduino-ctags
Install arduino-ctags Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install arduino-ctags using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install arduino-ctags
Install arduino-ctags 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 arduino-ctags using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install arduino-ctags
How To Uninstall arduino-ctags on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the arduino-ctags package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove arduino-ctags
Uninstall arduino-ctags And Its Dependencies
To uninstall arduino-ctags and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove arduino-ctags
Remove arduino-ctags Configurations and Data
To remove arduino-ctags configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge arduino-ctags
Remove arduino-ctags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove arduino-ctags configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arduino-ctags
Dependencies
arduino-ctags have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install arduino-ctags package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.