$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y exuberant-ctags
- Download ctags source: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ctags/ctags-5.8.tar.gz
- Extract, compile and install in the home directory
$ tar zxf ctags-5.8.tar.gz
$ cd ctags-5.8
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME
$ make && make install
- ctags is installed under
$HOME/bin
, make sure to add it to$PATH
in .bashrc or similar
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"