How To Install rtags 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 rtags on Ubuntu.
What is rtags
rtags is:
RTags is a client/server application that indexes C/C++ code and keeps a persistent file-based database of references, declarations, definitions, symbolnames etc. There’s also limited support for ObjC/ObjC++. It allows you to find symbols by name (including nested class and namespace scope). Most importantly it gives you proper follow-symbol and find-references support. It also have neat little things like rename-symbol, integration with clang’s “fixits” (https://clang.llvm.org/diagnostics.html).
There are three methods to install rtags 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 rtags Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rtags using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rtags
Install rtags Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rtags using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rtags
Install rtags 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 rtags using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rtags
How To Uninstall rtags on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rtags package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rtags
Uninstall rtags And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rtags and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rtags
Remove rtags Configurations and Data
To remove rtags configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rtags
Remove rtags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rtags configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rtags
Dependencies
rtags have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rtags package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.