How To Install elpa-magit on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-magit
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is elpa-magit
elpa-magit is:
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There are three methods to install elpa-magit
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-magit 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-magit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-magit
Install elpa-magit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-magit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-magit
Install elpa-magit 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-magit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-magit
How To Uninstall elpa-magit on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the elpa-magit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-magit
Uninstall elpa-magit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-magit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-magit
Remove elpa-magit Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-magit
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-magit
Remove elpa-magit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-magit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-magit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-magit
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.