How To Install elpa-py-autopep8 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 elpa-py-autopep8 on Ubuntu.

What is `elpa-py-autopep8`

elpa-py-autopep8 is:

This package provides the py-autopep8' command, which uses the external autopep8’ tool to tidy up the current buffer according to Python’s PEP-8.

There are three methods to install elpa-py-autopep8 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 elpa-py-autopep8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-py-autopep8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-py-autopep8

Install elpa-py-autopep8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-py-autopep8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-py-autopep8

Install elpa-py-autopep8 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 elpa-py-autopep8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-py-autopep8

How To Uninstall elpa-py-autopep8 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the elpa-py-autopep8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-py-autopep8

Uninstall elpa-py-autopep8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-py-autopep8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-py-autopep8

Remove elpa-py-autopep8 Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-py-autopep8 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-py-autopep8

Remove elpa-py-autopep8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-py-autopep8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-py-autopep8

Dependencies

elpa-py-autopep8 have the following dependencies:

References

elpa-py-autopep8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-py-autopep8 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.