How To Install cmake-format 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-format on Ubuntu.
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. 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
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, 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 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
Dependencies
cmake-format have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-format package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.