How To Install elpa-suggest on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-suggest on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-suggest
elpa-suggest is:
This package is an Emacs package for discovering Emacs Lisp functions based on examples. You supply an example input and output, and it makes suggestions. It is a great way of exploring list, string and arithmetic functions.
There are three methods to install elpa-suggest 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-suggest 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-suggest using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-suggest
Install elpa-suggest Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-suggest using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-suggest
Install elpa-suggest 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-suggest using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-suggest
How To Uninstall elpa-suggest on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-suggest package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-suggest
Uninstall elpa-suggest And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-suggest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-suggest
Remove elpa-suggest Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-suggest configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-suggest
Remove elpa-suggest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-suggest configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-suggest
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-suggest package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.