How To Install emacs24-bin-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs24-bin-common on Debian 9.
What is emacs24-bin-common
emacs24-bin-common is:
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains the architecture dependent infrastructure that’s shared by emacs24, emacs24-lucid, and emacs24-nox.
There are three methods to install emacs24-bin-common 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 emacs24-bin-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs24-bin-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs24-bin-common
Install emacs24-bin-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs24-bin-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs24-bin-common
Install emacs24-bin-common 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 emacs24-bin-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs24-bin-common
How To Uninstall emacs24-bin-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the emacs24-bin-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs24-bin-common
Uninstall emacs24-bin-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs24-bin-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs24-bin-common
Remove emacs24-bin-common Configurations and Data
To remove emacs24-bin-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs24-bin-common
Remove emacs24-bin-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs24-bin-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs24-bin-common
Dependencies
emacs24-bin-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs24-bin-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
