How To Install auto-install-el on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install auto-install-el
on Debian 10.
What is auto-install-el
auto-install-el is:
Effortlessly download, install, and update Elisp files from the web or from a local buffer.
Easily install packages from the Emacswiki ElispArea (with auto-complete of package name, and easy update of selected packages).
Optionally view changes from previous versions of packages before installation.
There are three methods to install auto-install-el
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install auto-install-el Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install auto-install-el
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install auto-install-el
Install auto-install-el Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install auto-install-el
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install auto-install-el
Install auto-install-el 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 auto-install-el
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install auto-install-el
How To Uninstall auto-install-el on Debian 10
To uninstall only the auto-install-el
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove auto-install-el
Uninstall auto-install-el And Its Dependencies
To uninstall auto-install-el
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove auto-install-el
Remove auto-install-el Configurations and Data
To remove auto-install-el
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge auto-install-el
Remove auto-install-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove auto-install-el
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge auto-install-el
Dependencies
auto-install-el have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install auto-install-el
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.