How To Install yaegi 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 yaegi on Ubuntu.
What is yaegi
yaegi is:
Yaegi is Another Elegant Go Interpreter. It powers executable, Go scripts and plugins, in embedded interpreters or interactive shells, on top of the Go runtime.
This package contains the interpreter.
There are three methods to install yaegi 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 yaegi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yaegi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yaegi
Install yaegi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yaegi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yaegi
Install yaegi 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 yaegi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yaegi
How To Uninstall yaegi on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yaegi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yaegi
Uninstall yaegi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yaegi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaegi
Remove yaegi Configurations and Data
To remove yaegi configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yaegi
Remove yaegi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yaegi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaegi
Dependencies
yaegi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yaegi package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.