How To Install elpa-emacs-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-emacs-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04. elpa-emacs-dashboard is extensible emacs startup screen showing you whats most important

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-emacs-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is elpa-emacs-dashboard

elpa-emacs-dashboard is:

Features

  1. Displays an Emacs banner
  2. Recent files
  3. Bookmarks list
  4. Recent projects list (Depends on projectile or project.el package)
  5. Org mode agenda
  6. Register list

There are three methods to install elpa-emacs-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-emacs-dashboard 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-emacs-dashboard using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-emacs-dashboard

Install elpa-emacs-dashboard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-emacs-dashboard

Install elpa-emacs-dashboard 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-emacs-dashboard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-emacs-dashboard

How To Uninstall elpa-emacs-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the elpa-emacs-dashboard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-emacs-dashboard

Uninstall elpa-emacs-dashboard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-emacs-dashboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-emacs-dashboard

Remove elpa-emacs-dashboard Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-emacs-dashboard configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-emacs-dashboard

Remove elpa-emacs-dashboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-emacs-dashboard

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-emacs-dashboard package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.