How To Install elpa-which-key on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-which-key
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is elpa-which-key
elpa-which-key is:
`which-key’ is a minor mode for Emacs that displays the key bindings following your currently entered incomplete command (a prefix) in a popup. For example, after enabling the minor mode if you enter C-x and wait for the default of 1 second the minibuffer will expand with all of the available key bindings that follow C-x (or as many as space allows given your settings). This includes prefixes like C-x 8 which are shown in a different face.
There are three methods to install elpa-which-key
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-which-key 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-which-key
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-which-key
Install elpa-which-key Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-which-key
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-which-key
Install elpa-which-key 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-which-key
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-which-key
How To Uninstall elpa-which-key on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the elpa-which-key
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-which-key
Uninstall elpa-which-key And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-which-key
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-which-key
Remove elpa-which-key Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-which-key
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-which-key
Remove elpa-which-key configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-which-key
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-which-key
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-which-key
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.