How To Install elpa-ggtags on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ggtags on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is elpa-ggtags
elpa-ggtags is:
A package to integrate the GNU GLOBAL source code tagging system with Emacs.
ggtags is similar to the standard etags package. The keys M-., M-, and C-M-. should work as expected in ggtags-mode.
All commands are available from the Ggtags' menu in ggtags-mode'.
There are three methods to install elpa-ggtags 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-ggtags 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-ggtags using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-ggtags
Install elpa-ggtags Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-ggtags using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-ggtags
Install elpa-ggtags 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-ggtags using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-ggtags
How To Uninstall elpa-ggtags on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the elpa-ggtags package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-ggtags
Uninstall elpa-ggtags And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-ggtags and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-ggtags
Remove elpa-ggtags Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-ggtags configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-ggtags
Remove elpa-ggtags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-ggtags configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-ggtags
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ggtags package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
