How To Install elpa-wgrep-helm on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-wgrep-helm
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is elpa-wgrep-helm
elpa-wgrep-helm 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
andquery-replace
. Wgrep also provides backends that use Ack and The Silver Searcher.
This package enhances helm-grep-mode buffers with Wgrep’s facilities, and is similar to helm-ag.
There are three methods to install elpa-wgrep-helm
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-wgrep-helm 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-helm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-wgrep-helm
Install elpa-wgrep-helm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-wgrep-helm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-wgrep-helm
Install elpa-wgrep-helm 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-wgrep-helm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-wgrep-helm
How To Uninstall elpa-wgrep-helm on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the elpa-wgrep-helm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-wgrep-helm
Uninstall elpa-wgrep-helm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-wgrep-helm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-wgrep-helm
Remove elpa-wgrep-helm Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-wgrep-helm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-wgrep-helm
Remove elpa-wgrep-helm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-wgrep-helm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-wgrep-helm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-wgrep-helm
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.