How To Install emacs22-nox on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs22-nox on Debian 10.
What is emacs22-nox
emacs22-nox is:
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package is a transitional package to ensure that systems with emacs22 installed automatically upgrade to the new unversioned emacs-nox package.
There are three methods to install emacs22-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 emacs22-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 emacs22-nox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs22-nox
Install emacs22-nox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs22-nox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs22-nox
Install emacs22-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 emacs22-nox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs22-nox
How To Uninstall emacs22-nox on Debian 10
To uninstall only the emacs22-nox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs22-nox
Uninstall emacs22-nox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs22-nox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs22-nox
Remove emacs22-nox Configurations and Data
To remove emacs22-nox configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs22-nox
Remove emacs22-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs22-nox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs22-nox
Dependencies
emacs22-nox have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs22-nox package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.