How To Install edb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install edb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is edb
edb is:
EDB is a database program for GNU Emacs. It permits you to manipulate structured (or not-so-structured) data within Emacs and provides many of the usual database features.
There are three methods to install edb on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install edb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install edb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install edb
Install edb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install edb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install edb
Install edb 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install edb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install edb
How To Uninstall edb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the edb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove edb
Uninstall edb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall edb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove edb
Remove edb Configurations and Data
To remove edb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge edb
Remove edb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove edb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install edb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
