How To Install yapf3 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 yapf3 on Ubuntu.
What is yapf3
yapf3 is:
Yapf is a tool that reformats code to the best formatting that conforms to the style guide. It is not only concerned with lint errors, but also with the stylistic appearance of Python code. The idea is also similar to the ‘gofmt’ tool for the Go programming language. This package installs the tool for Python
This package provides the command-line interface for Python 3.
There are three methods to install yapf3 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 yapf3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yapf3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yapf3
Install yapf3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yapf3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yapf3
Install yapf3 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 yapf3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yapf3
How To Uninstall yapf3 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yapf3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yapf3
Uninstall yapf3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yapf3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yapf3
Remove yapf3 Configurations and Data
To remove yapf3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yapf3
Remove yapf3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yapf3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yapf3
Dependencies
yapf3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yapf3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.