How To Install fortran-language-server 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 fortran-language-server on Ubuntu.
What is fortran-language-server
fortran-language-server is:
Fortran Language Server (fortls) is an implementation of the Language Server Protocol. It can be used with editors that supports the protocol (e.g. Emacs with elpa-lsp-mode) to offer support for code completion and documentation.
Supported LSP features include:
- Document symbols (textDocument/documentSymbol)
- Auto-complete (textDocument/completion)
- Signature help (textDocument/signatureHelp)
- GoTo/Peek definition (textDocument/definition)
- Hover (textDocument/hover)
- GoTo implementation (textDocument/implementation)
- Find/Peek references (textDocument/references)
- Project-wide symbol search (workspace/symbol)
- Symbol renaming (textDocument/rename)
- Documentation parsing (Doxygen and FORD styles)
- Diagnostics
There are three methods to install fortran-language-server 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 fortran-language-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fortran-language-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fortran-language-server
Install fortran-language-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fortran-language-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fortran-language-server
Install fortran-language-server 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 fortran-language-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fortran-language-server
How To Uninstall fortran-language-server on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fortran-language-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fortran-language-server
Uninstall fortran-language-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fortran-language-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortran-language-server
Remove fortran-language-server Configurations and Data
To remove fortran-language-server configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fortran-language-server
Remove fortran-language-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fortran-language-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortran-language-server
Dependencies
fortran-language-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fortran-language-server package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.