How To Install elpa-emacs-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04
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
- Displays an Emacs banner
- Recent files
- Bookmarks list
- Recent projects list (Depends on
projectile
orproject.el
package) - Org mode agenda
- 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
.