How To Install emacs-window-layout on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-window-layout on Debian 9.

What is emacs-window-layout

emacs-window-layout is:

This elisp library provides functions to split a frame or window into some windows according to a layout recipe.

There are three methods to install emacs-window-layout on Debian 9. 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-window-layout 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-window-layout using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emacs-window-layout

Install emacs-window-layout Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install emacs-window-layout using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install emacs-window-layout

Install emacs-window-layout 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-window-layout using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emacs-window-layout

How To Uninstall emacs-window-layout on Debian 9

To uninstall only the emacs-window-layout package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emacs-window-layout

Uninstall emacs-window-layout And Its Dependencies

To uninstall emacs-window-layout and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-window-layout

Remove emacs-window-layout Configurations and Data

To remove emacs-window-layout configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-window-layout

Remove emacs-window-layout configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove emacs-window-layout configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs-window-layout

Dependencies

emacs-window-layout have the following dependencies:

• emacs25-nox

References

• emacs-window-layout website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-window-layout package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.