How To Install emacs-common-non-dfsg on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-common-non-dfsg on Debian 12.
What is emacs-common-non-dfsg
emacs-common-non-dfsg is:
This package includes the core Emacs documentation: the Emacs Info pages, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, and the Emacs Lisp Intro.
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains the architecture independent infrastructure that is not compliant with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. In particular, this includes some of the GNU Emacs info pages, as they are covered under the GFDL, and specify invariant sections. See http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 for more information.
There are three methods to install emacs-common-non-dfsg 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 emacs-common-non-dfsg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs-common-non-dfsg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs-common-non-dfsg
Install emacs-common-non-dfsg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs-common-non-dfsg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs-common-non-dfsg
Install emacs-common-non-dfsg 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 emacs-common-non-dfsg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs-common-non-dfsg
How To Uninstall emacs-common-non-dfsg on Debian 12
To uninstall only the emacs-common-non-dfsg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs-common-non-dfsg
Uninstall emacs-common-non-dfsg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs-common-non-dfsg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-common-non-dfsg
Remove emacs-common-non-dfsg Configurations and Data
To remove emacs-common-non-dfsg configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-common-non-dfsg
Remove emacs-common-non-dfsg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs-common-non-dfsg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs-common-non-dfsg
Dependencies
emacs-common-non-dfsg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-common-non-dfsg package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
