How To Install elpa-ace-link on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ace-link on Debian 9. elpa-ace-link is selecting a link to jump to

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ace-link on Debian 9.

elpa-ace-link is:

This package offers an alternative to tabbing through links in buffers, for instance, in an Info buffer. `avy’ is used to turn opening a link from an O(N) operation into an O(1).

Supported modes: Info-mode', help-mode’, org-mode', eww-mode’, gnus-article-mode', Custom-mode’, woman-mode', goto-address-mode'.

There are three methods to install elpa-ace-link 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.

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-ace-link

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-ace-link using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-ace-link

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 elpa-ace-link using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-ace-link

To uninstall only the elpa-ace-link package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-ace-link

To uninstall elpa-ace-link and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-ace-link

To remove elpa-ace-link configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-ace-link

We can use the following command to remove elpa-ace-link configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-ace-link

Dependencies

elpa-ace-link have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ace-link package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.