How To Install pep8 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 pep8 on Ubuntu.
What is pep8
pep8 is:
pep8 script was renamed to pycodestyle.
This is transitional package which provides symlink for pep8 script
There are three methods to install pep8 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 pep8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pep8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pep8
Install pep8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pep8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pep8
Install pep8 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 pep8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pep8
How To Uninstall pep8 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pep8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pep8
Uninstall pep8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pep8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pep8
Remove pep8 Configurations and Data
To remove pep8 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pep8
Remove pep8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pep8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pep8
Dependencies
pep8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pep8 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.