How To Install e2wm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2wm on Debian 10.
What is e2wm
e2wm is:
This is an implementation of introducing window management to Emacs.
- Management of list of editable buffers
- Assignment of windows for pop-up buffers
- Switching window layout like the perspective in eclipse
- Plug-in extension
The current implementation has following perspectives:
- code : main coding layout
- two : side by side layout
- doc : reading documentation layout
- dashboard : showing plug-ins like dashboard in Mac OSX
- array : selecting buffers like expose in Mac OSX
There are three methods to install e2wm 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 e2wm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install e2wm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install e2wm
Install e2wm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install e2wm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install e2wm
Install e2wm 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 e2wm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install e2wm
How To Uninstall e2wm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the e2wm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove e2wm
Uninstall e2wm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall e2wm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove e2wm
Remove e2wm Configurations and Data
To remove e2wm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge e2wm
Remove e2wm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove e2wm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e2wm
Dependencies
e2wm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2wm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.