How To Install elpa-find-file-in-project on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-find-file-in-project on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is elpa-find-file-in-project
elpa-find-file-in-project is:
This program provides a methods for quickly finding any file in a project. It defaults to GNU Find, but can also use fd-find, or its built-in Emacs Lisp method. Find-file-in-project prefers Ivy for candidate selection, but can be configured to use Ido Mode.
By default, FFIP will search for files in a local Git, Subversion, or Mercurial repository. FFIP uses TRAMP to find files in remote repositories, and claims this is “flawlessly” supported.
Features:
- Fast! Tested with projects that have 50,000+ files
- Find’s behaviour can be tweaked using ffip-find-options
- Smart. For keyword “helloWorld”, “HelloWorld.html”, “hello-world.css”, and “HelloWorld.js” are searched
- Enhances diff-mode with more convenient patch-handling, including diff creation, application, finding the file associated with a given hunk, and jumping to the section relevant to that hunk
- No configuration required. Find-file-in-project works out-of-the-box
There are three methods to install elpa-find-file-in-project 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-find-file-in-project 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-find-file-in-project using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-find-file-in-project
Install elpa-find-file-in-project Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-find-file-in-project using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-find-file-in-project
Install elpa-find-file-in-project 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-find-file-in-project using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-find-file-in-project
How To Uninstall elpa-find-file-in-project on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the elpa-find-file-in-project package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-find-file-in-project
Uninstall elpa-find-file-in-project And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-find-file-in-project and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-find-file-in-project
Remove elpa-find-file-in-project Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-find-file-in-project configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-find-file-in-project
Remove elpa-find-file-in-project configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-find-file-in-project configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-find-file-in-project
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-find-file-in-project package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.