How To Install elpa-wgrep-ag on Debian 12

Learn how to install elpa-wgrep-ag on Debian 12 with this tutorial. elpa-wgrep-ag is edit multiple Emacs buffers using a master ag pattern buffer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-wgrep-ag on Debian 12.

What is `elpa-wgrep-ag`

elpa-wgrep-ag is:

Wgrep provides master pattern buffers that are then used to edit multiple Emacs buffers simultaneously. In this sense it is like what a REPL for sed would look like. With the exception of “pattern buffers” it is similar to the Emacs built-in functions replace-regexp and query-replace. Wgrep also provides backends that use Ack and The Silver Searcher.

This package enables support for The Silver Searcher.

There are three methods to install elpa-wgrep-ag on Debian 12. 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-wgrep-ag 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-wgrep-ag using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-wgrep-ag

Install elpa-wgrep-ag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-wgrep-ag using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-wgrep-ag

Install elpa-wgrep-ag 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-wgrep-ag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-wgrep-ag

How To Uninstall elpa-wgrep-ag on Debian 12

To uninstall only the elpa-wgrep-ag package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-wgrep-ag

Uninstall elpa-wgrep-ag And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-wgrep-ag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-wgrep-ag

Remove elpa-wgrep-ag Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-wgrep-ag configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-wgrep-ag

Remove elpa-wgrep-ag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-wgrep-ag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-wgrep-ag

Dependencies

elpa-wgrep-ag have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-wgrep-ag package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.