How To Install elpa-dired-quick-sort on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-dired-quick-sort on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-dired-quick-sort
elpa-dired-quick-sort is:
This Emacs package provides persistent quick sorting of Dired buffers in various ways with hydra. With `savehist-mode’ enabled, the last used sorting criteria are automatically used when sorting.
There are three methods to install elpa-dired-quick-sort 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 elpa-dired-quick-sort 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-dired-quick-sort using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-dired-quick-sort
Install elpa-dired-quick-sort Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-dired-quick-sort using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-dired-quick-sort
Install elpa-dired-quick-sort 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-dired-quick-sort using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-dired-quick-sort
How To Uninstall elpa-dired-quick-sort on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-dired-quick-sort package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-dired-quick-sort
Uninstall elpa-dired-quick-sort And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-dired-quick-sort and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-dired-quick-sort
Remove elpa-dired-quick-sort Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-dired-quick-sort configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-dired-quick-sort
Remove elpa-dired-quick-sort configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-dired-quick-sort configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-dired-quick-sort
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-dired-quick-sort package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
