How To Install pydoctor 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 pydoctor on Ubuntu.

What is `pydoctor`

pydoctor is:

Pydoctor is a tool for generating API documentation for Python modules based on their docstrings via static analysis.

It was written primarily to replace epydoc for the purposes of the Twisted project as epydoc has difficulties with zope.interface.

There are three methods to install pydoctor 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 pydoctor Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pydoctor

Install pydoctor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pydoctor using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pydoctor

Install pydoctor 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 pydoctor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pydoctor

How To Uninstall pydoctor on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the pydoctor package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pydoctor

Uninstall pydoctor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pydoctor

Remove pydoctor Configurations and Data

To remove pydoctor configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pydoctor

Remove pydoctor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pydoctor

Dependencies

pydoctor have the following dependencies:

References

pydoctor website

Summary

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