How To Install jove on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install jove on Debian 11. jove is Jonathans Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jove on Debian 11.

What is jove

jove is:

Jove is a compact, powerful Emacs-style text-editor. It provides the common emacs keyboard bindings, together with a reasonable assortment of the most popular advanced features (e.g. interactive shell windows, compile-it, language specific modes) while weighing in with CPU, memory, and disk requirements comparable to vi(1).

There are three methods to install jove on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install jove Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install jove using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install jove

Install jove Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install jove using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install jove

Install jove 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 jove using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jove

How To Uninstall jove on Debian 11

To uninstall only the jove package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jove

Uninstall jove And Its Dependencies

To uninstall jove and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jove

Remove jove Configurations and Data

To remove jove configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jove

Remove jove configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove jove configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jove

Dependencies

jove have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jove package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.