How To Install org-mode on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install org-mode on Debian 9.
What is org-mode
org-mode is:
Org-mode is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, and doing project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.
Org-mode develops organizational tasks around NOTES files that contain information about projects as plain text. Org-mode is implemented on top of outline-mode, which makes it possible to keep the content of large files well structured. Visibility cycling and structure editing help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created with a built-in table editor. Org-mode supports ToDo items, deadlines, time stamps, and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an agenda. Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails, Usenet messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects. For printing and sharing of notes, an Org-mode file can be exported as a structured ASCII file, HTML, and LaTeX.
There are three methods to install org-mode 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 org-mode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install org-mode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install org-mode
Install org-mode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install org-mode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install org-mode
Install org-mode 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 org-mode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install org-mode
How To Uninstall org-mode on Debian 9
To uninstall only the org-mode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove org-mode
Uninstall org-mode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall org-mode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove org-mode
Remove org-mode Configurations and Data
To remove org-mode configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge org-mode
Remove org-mode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove org-mode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge org-mode
Dependencies
org-mode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install org-mode package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
