How To Install elpa-popup on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-popup on Debian 10.
What is elpa-popup
elpa-popup is:
popup.el is a visual popup user interface library for Emacs. It provides common UI widgets such as popup tooltips and popup menus.
There are three methods to install elpa-popup on Debian 10. 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-popup 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-popup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-popup
Install elpa-popup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-popup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-popup
Install elpa-popup 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-popup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-popup
How To Uninstall elpa-popup on Debian 10
To uninstall only the elpa-popup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-popup
Uninstall elpa-popup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-popup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-popup
Remove elpa-popup Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-popup configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-popup
Remove elpa-popup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-popup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-popup
Dependencies
elpa-popup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-popup package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.