How To Install emacs-jabber on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-jabber
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is emacs-jabber
emacs-jabber is:
The emacs-jabber addon has been elpafied. This dummy package helps ease transition from emacs-jabber to elpa-jabber.
There are three methods to install emacs-jabber
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 emacs-jabber 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-jabber
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs-jabber
Install emacs-jabber Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs-jabber
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs-jabber
Install emacs-jabber 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 emacs-jabber
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs-jabber
How To Uninstall emacs-jabber on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the emacs-jabber
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs-jabber
Uninstall emacs-jabber And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs-jabber
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-jabber
Remove emacs-jabber Configurations and Data
To remove emacs-jabber
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-jabber
Remove emacs-jabber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs-jabber
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs-jabber
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-jabber
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.