How To Install complexity on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

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

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install complexity

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

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

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 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 complexity on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 complexity 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 complexity using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install complexity

Install complexity using apt

Because complexity is available in Ubuntu 22.04’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 complexity using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install complexity

Install complexity 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install complexity

How to upgrade (update) a single package complexity 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 complexity, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install complexity

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 complexity

How To Uninstall complexity from Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove complexity

Uninstall complexity and all its dependencies

To uninstall complexity and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove complexity

Remove complexity with all configurations and data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge complexity

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge complexity

Extra info and code examples

Complexity measurement tool help to: * locate suspicious areas in unfamiliar code * get an idea of how much effort may be required to understand that code * get an idea of the effort required to test a code base * provide a reminder to yourself. You may see what you've written as obvious, but others may not. Comparing with existing tool McCabe, this program improves scoring of following language constructs: * code length * switch statement * logic conditions

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install complexity using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the complexity from Ubuntu 22.04.

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