How To Install cmake-extras 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 cmake-extras on Ubuntu.

What is cmake-extras

cmake-extras is:

CMake modules which are used for Ubuntu development. In Debian, this package is helpful when porting Ubuntu originated software to Debian.

Included CMake modules:

• copyright testing
• coverage testing
• building gtest
• doxygen documentation
• code formatting
• GDbus, GMock and GSettings modules
• intltool helpers
• QML plugin helper
• and several more…

There are three methods to install cmake-extras 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 cmake-extras 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-extras using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cmake-extras

Install cmake-extras Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cmake-extras

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

sudo aptitude -y install cmake-extras

How To Uninstall cmake-extras on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove cmake-extras

Uninstall cmake-extras And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmake-extras

Remove cmake-extras Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cmake-extras

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

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

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

Dependencies

cmake-extras have the following dependencies:

• cmake
• pkg-config
• python3

References

• cmake-extras website

Summary

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