How To Install python3-project-generator 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 python3-project-generator on Ubuntu.

What is `python3-project-generator`

python3-project-generator is:

python-project-generator allows one to define an embedded hardware/software project in structured text (using YAML), and then generate IDE (integrated development environment) project files based on the defined rules.

python-project-generator currently generates projects for the following tools:

CMake (GCC ARM)
CoIDE (GCC ARM)
Eclipse (Makefile with GCC ARM)
IAR
Makefile (ARMCC)
Makefile (GCC ARM)
Sublime Text (Makefile with GCC ARM)
uVision4 and uVision5
Visual Studio (Makefile with GCC ARM)

This package installs the library and progen helper script for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-project-generator 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 python3-project-generator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-project-generator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-project-generator

Install python3-project-generator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-project-generator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-project-generator

Install python3-project-generator 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 python3-project-generator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-project-generator

How To Uninstall python3-project-generator on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the python3-project-generator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-project-generator

Uninstall python3-project-generator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-project-generator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-project-generator

Remove python3-project-generator Configurations and Data

To remove python3-project-generator configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-project-generator

Remove python3-project-generator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-project-generator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-project-generator

Dependencies

python3-project-generator have the following dependencies:

References

python3-project-generator website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-project-generator package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.