How To Install elpa-ace-window on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is elpa-ace-window

elpa-ace-window is:

The main function, ace-window' is meant to replace other-window’. In fact, when there are only two windows present, `other-window’ is called. If there are more, each window will have its first character highlighted. Pressing that character will switch to that window.

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

Install elpa-ace-window Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

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

Install elpa-ace-window Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-ace-window

Install elpa-ace-window 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 elpa-ace-window using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-ace-window

How To Uninstall elpa-ace-window on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-ace-window

Uninstall elpa-ace-window And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove elpa-ace-window Configurations and Data

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

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

Remove elpa-ace-window configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-ace-window have the following dependencies:

• elpa-avy
• emacsen-common
• emacs

References

• elpa-ace-window website

Summary

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