How To Install elpa-use-package on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-use-package on Debian 9.
What is elpa-use-package
elpa-use-package is:
The `use-package’ declaration macro allows you to isolate package configuration in your “.emacs” in a way that is performance-oriented and tidy. It helps to configure a given package, manage keybindings, diminish minor modes, load packages from ELPA with package.el and so on.
There are three methods to install elpa-use-package on Debian 9. 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-use-package 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-use-package using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-use-package
Install elpa-use-package Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-use-package using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-use-package
Install elpa-use-package 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-use-package using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-use-package
How To Uninstall elpa-use-package on Debian 9
To uninstall only the elpa-use-package package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-use-package
Uninstall elpa-use-package And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-use-package and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-use-package
Remove elpa-use-package Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-use-package configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-use-package
Remove elpa-use-package configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-use-package configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-use-package
Dependencies
elpa-use-package have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-use-package package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.