How To Install elpa-irony on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-irony on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-irony
elpa-irony is:
irony-mode is an Emacs minor-mode that aims at improving the editing experience for the C, C++ and Objective-C languages. It works by using a combination of an Emacs package and a C++ program (irony-server) that uses libclang.
This package contains irony-mode.
There are three methods to install elpa-irony 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-irony 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-irony using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-irony
Install elpa-irony Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-irony using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-irony
Install elpa-irony 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-irony using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-irony
How To Uninstall elpa-irony on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-irony package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-irony
Uninstall elpa-irony And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-irony and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-irony
Remove elpa-irony Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-irony configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-irony
Remove elpa-irony configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-irony configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-irony
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-irony package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
