How to Install and Uninstall ycmd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "ycmd" package

This tutorial shows how to install ycmd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ycmd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ycmd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ycmd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ycmd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ycmd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ycmd
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1820
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Onur Aslan
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0+20160327+gitc3e6904-1
Depends: libboost-filesystem1.58.0, libboost-python1.58.0, libboost-regex1.58.0, libboost-system1.58.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), libclang1-3.8 (>= 3.8), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), python (<< 2.8), python (>= 2.7~), python2.7, python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), python-bottle, python-future, python-jedi, python-requests (>= 2.2.1), python-waitress
Recommends: vim-youcompleteme, node-typescript, libclang-common-3.8-dev
Filename: pool/universe/y/ycmd/ycmd_0+20160327+gitc3e6904-1_amd64.deb
Size: 329176
MD5sum: bbd76e6be04508d5a26474cc0aa9bd65
SHA1: e2b0864c43e880fb6c41a09e7655883e5a8b6d56
SHA256: 77379e6e9282dd14068a8f97fabd438eb6b57873d7c80207c55a9335b8193069
Description-en: code-completion & comprehension server
ycmd is a server that provides APIs for code-completion and other
code-comprehension use-cases like semantic GoTo commands (and others). For
certain filetypes, ycmd can also provide diagnostic errors and warnings.
Description-md5: fab24b0f47f39c8116507023923cf782
Homepage: https://github.com/Valloric/ycmd
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu