How To Install autoproject on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autoproject on Ubuntu.
What is autoproject
autoproject is:
autoproject interviews the user, then creates a source package for a new program which follows the GNU programming standards. The new package uses autoconf to configure itself, and automake to create the Makefile.
The idea is that you execute autoproject just once when you start a new project. It will ask a few questions, then create a new directory and populate it with standard files, customized for the new project.
Optionally, the new package will use a command line parser generator. Currently, autoproject supports two parser generators: clig by Harald Kirsch kir@iitb.fhg.de (see http://wsd.iitb.fhg.de/software/), and autogen by Bruce Korb bkorb@gnu.org (see http://autogen.sf.net/).
There are three methods to install autoproject 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 autoproject Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autoproject using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autoproject
Install autoproject Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autoproject using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autoproject
Install autoproject 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 autoproject using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autoproject
How To Uninstall autoproject on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the autoproject package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autoproject
Uninstall autoproject And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autoproject and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autoproject
Remove autoproject Configurations and Data
To remove autoproject configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autoproject
Remove autoproject configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autoproject configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autoproject
Dependencies
autoproject have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autoproject package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.