How To Install emacs21-nox on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs21-nox on Debian 10.
What is emacs21-nox
emacs21-nox is:
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package is a transitional package to ensure that systems with emacs21 installed automatically upgrade to the new unversioned emacs-nox package.
There are three methods to install emacs21-nox on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install emacs21-nox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs21-nox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs21-nox
Install emacs21-nox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs21-nox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs21-nox
Install emacs21-nox 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 emacs21-nox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs21-nox
How To Uninstall emacs21-nox on Debian 10
To uninstall only the emacs21-nox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs21-nox
Uninstall emacs21-nox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs21-nox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs21-nox
Remove emacs21-nox Configurations and Data
To remove emacs21-nox configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs21-nox
Remove emacs21-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs21-nox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs21-nox
Dependencies
emacs21-nox have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs21-nox package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.