How To Install elpa-fill-column-indicator on Debian 10

Learn how to install elpa-fill-column-indicator on Debian 10 with this tutorial. elpa-fill-column-indicator is graphically indicate the fill column

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-fill-column-indicator on Debian 10.

What is elpa-fill-column-indicator

elpa-fill-column-indicator is:

Many modern editors and IDEs can graphically indicate the location of the fill column by drawing a thin line (in design parlance, a `rule’) down the length of the editing window. Fill-column-indicator implements this facility in Emacs.

There are three methods to install elpa-fill-column-indicator on Debian 10. 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-fill-column-indicator 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-fill-column-indicator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-fill-column-indicator

Install elpa-fill-column-indicator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-fill-column-indicator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-fill-column-indicator

Install elpa-fill-column-indicator 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-fill-column-indicator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-fill-column-indicator

How To Uninstall elpa-fill-column-indicator on Debian 10

To uninstall only the elpa-fill-column-indicator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-fill-column-indicator

Uninstall elpa-fill-column-indicator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-fill-column-indicator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-fill-column-indicator

Remove elpa-fill-column-indicator Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-fill-column-indicator configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-fill-column-indicator

Remove elpa-fill-column-indicator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-fill-column-indicator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-fill-column-indicator

Dependencies

elpa-fill-column-indicator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-fill-column-indicator package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.