How To Install codeEditor on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install pythoncard-tools

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is codeEditor and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install codeEditor on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install codeEditor using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install codeEditor using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pythoncard-tools

Install codeEditor using apt

Because codeEditor is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install codeEditor using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pythoncard-tools

Install codeEditor 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 Debian 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install codeEditor by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pythoncard-tools

How to upgrade (update) a single package codeEditor using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the codeEditor, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install pythoncard-tools

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install pythoncard-tools

How To Uninstall codeEditor from Debian 11

To uninstall only the codeEditor package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pythoncard-tools

Uninstall codeEditor and all its dependencies

To uninstall codeEditor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pythoncard-tools

Remove codeEditor with all configurations and data

To remove codeEditor configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pythoncard-tools

Remove codeEditor completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to codeEditor package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pythoncard-tools

Extra info and code examples

PythonCard is a GUI construction framework for building cross-platform desktop applications on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, using the Python language. It is based on the wxPython bindings for the wxWidgets toolkit (formerly known as wxWindows). This package takes the tools that are part of the PythonCard distribution (such as codeEditor and resourceEditor) and makes them available to be called from the command-line and from the standard Debian menus. It has been split out as a separate package since only developers will need access to the tools directly - packages which depend on PythonCard will just import the tool modules and use what they need.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install codeEditor using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the codeEditor from Debian 11.

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