How To Install elpa-makey on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-makey
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is elpa-makey
elpa-makey is:
This package adds a flexible context menu system to GNU Emacs. Mainly it is used as a dependency for such ELPA packages as discover.el and discover-my-major.
There are three methods to install elpa-makey
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-makey 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-makey
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-makey
Install elpa-makey Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-makey
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-makey
Install elpa-makey 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-makey
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-makey
How To Uninstall elpa-makey on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the elpa-makey
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-makey
Uninstall elpa-makey And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-makey
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-makey
Remove elpa-makey Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-makey
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-makey
Remove elpa-makey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-makey
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-makey
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-makey
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.