How To Install elpa-browse-kill-ring on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-browse-kill-ring
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is elpa-browse-kill-ring
elpa-browse-kill-ring is:
Ever feel that ‘C-y M-y M-y M-y …’ is not a great way of trying to find that piece of text you know you killed a while back? Then browse-kill-ring.el is for you.
Note that the command keeps track of the last window displayed to handle insertion of chosen text; this might have unexpected consequences if you do ‘M-x browse-kill-ring’, then switch your window configuration, and try to use the same Kill Ring buffer again.
There are three methods to install elpa-browse-kill-ring
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elpa-browse-kill-ring 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-browse-kill-ring
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-browse-kill-ring
Install elpa-browse-kill-ring Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-browse-kill-ring
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-browse-kill-ring
Install elpa-browse-kill-ring 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 elpa-browse-kill-ring
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-browse-kill-ring
How To Uninstall elpa-browse-kill-ring on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the elpa-browse-kill-ring
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-browse-kill-ring
Uninstall elpa-browse-kill-ring And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-browse-kill-ring
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-browse-kill-ring
Remove elpa-browse-kill-ring Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-browse-kill-ring
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-browse-kill-ring
Remove elpa-browse-kill-ring configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-browse-kill-ring
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-browse-kill-ring
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-browse-kill-ring
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.