How To Install emacs23-lucid on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs23-lucid on Debian 10.
What is emacs23-lucid
emacs23-lucid is:
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package is a transitional package to ensure that systems with emacs23 installed automatically upgrade to the new unversioned emacs-lucid package.
There are three methods to install emacs23-lucid 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 emacs23-lucid Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs23-lucid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs23-lucid
Install emacs23-lucid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs23-lucid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs23-lucid
Install emacs23-lucid 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 emacs23-lucid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs23-lucid
How To Uninstall emacs23-lucid on Debian 10
To uninstall only the emacs23-lucid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs23-lucid
Uninstall emacs23-lucid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs23-lucid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs23-lucid
Remove emacs23-lucid Configurations and Data
To remove emacs23-lucid configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs23-lucid
Remove emacs23-lucid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs23-lucid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs23-lucid
Dependencies
emacs23-lucid have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs23-lucid package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.