How To Install vim-python-jedi 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 vim-python-jedi
on Ubuntu.
What is vim-python-jedi
vim-python-jedi is:
Jedi is an autocompletion tool for Python. It works. With and without syntax errors. Sometimes it sucks, but that’s normal in dynamic languages. But it sucks less than other tools. It understands almost all of the basic Python syntax elements including many builtins.
To enable this addon in your (Neo)Vim use one of these two methods:
- Add “packadd! python-jedi” to your vimrc file
- Invoke:
vam install python-jedi
if you use Vim Addon Manager
There are three methods to install vim-python-jedi
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 vim-python-jedi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-python-jedi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-python-jedi
Install vim-python-jedi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-python-jedi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-python-jedi
Install vim-python-jedi 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 vim-python-jedi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-python-jedi
How To Uninstall vim-python-jedi on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vim-python-jedi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-python-jedi
Uninstall vim-python-jedi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-python-jedi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-python-jedi
Remove vim-python-jedi Configurations and Data
To remove vim-python-jedi
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-python-jedi
Remove vim-python-jedi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-python-jedi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-python-jedi
Dependencies
vim-python-jedi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-python-jedi
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.