How To Install emacs24-el on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs24-el on Debian 9.
What is emacs24-el
emacs24-el is:
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains the elisp sources for the convenience of users, saving space in the main package for small systems.
There are three methods to install emacs24-el 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 emacs24-el Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs24-el using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs24-el
Install emacs24-el Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs24-el using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs24-el
Install emacs24-el 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 emacs24-el using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs24-el
How To Uninstall emacs24-el on Debian 9
To uninstall only the emacs24-el package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs24-el
Uninstall emacs24-el And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs24-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs24-el
Remove emacs24-el Configurations and Data
To remove emacs24-el configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs24-el
Remove emacs24-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs24-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs24-el
Dependencies
emacs24-el have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs24-el package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.