How To Install elpa-elscreen on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-elscreen on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is elpa-elscreen
elpa-elscreen is:
This Emacs Lisp enables you to have multiple screens (window-configuration) on your Emacsen, just like GNU screen does on the shell environment.
There are three methods to install elpa-elscreen on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elpa-elscreen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-elscreen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-elscreen
Install elpa-elscreen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-elscreen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-elscreen
Install elpa-elscreen 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-elscreen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-elscreen
How To Uninstall elpa-elscreen on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the elpa-elscreen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-elscreen
Uninstall elpa-elscreen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-elscreen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-elscreen
Remove elpa-elscreen Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-elscreen configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-elscreen
Remove elpa-elscreen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-elscreen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-elscreen
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-elscreen package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
