How to Install flake8 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install flake8 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

flake8 software package provides code checker using pep8 and pyflakes, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install flake8 

flake8 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the flake8 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep flake8 *

You will get with flake8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

flake8 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Python
Package flake8
Version 2.5.4-2
Description code checker using pep8 and pyflakes
Sub Section Python


See Also, How to uninstall or remove flake8 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?