How To Install elpa-ido-ubiquitous on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ido-ubiquitous on Debian 9.
What is elpa-ido-ubiquitous
elpa-ido-ubiquitous is:
If you use the excellent `ido-mode’ for efficient completion of file names and buffers, you might wonder if you can get ido-style completion everywhere else too. This package replaces stock emacs completion with ido completion wherever it is possible to do so without breaking things.
There are three methods to install elpa-ido-ubiquitous on Debian 9. 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-ido-ubiquitous 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-ido-ubiquitous using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-ido-ubiquitous
Install elpa-ido-ubiquitous Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-ido-ubiquitous using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-ido-ubiquitous
Install elpa-ido-ubiquitous 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-ido-ubiquitous using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-ido-ubiquitous
How To Uninstall elpa-ido-ubiquitous on Debian 9
To uninstall only the elpa-ido-ubiquitous package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-ido-ubiquitous
Uninstall elpa-ido-ubiquitous And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-ido-ubiquitous and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-ido-ubiquitous
Remove elpa-ido-ubiquitous Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-ido-ubiquitous configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-ido-ubiquitous
Remove elpa-ido-ubiquitous configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-ido-ubiquitous configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-ido-ubiquitous
Dependencies
elpa-ido-ubiquitous have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ido-ubiquitous package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
