How To Install emacs25-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-common on Debian 9.
What is emacs25-common
emacs25-common is:
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains the architecture independent infrastructure that’s shared by emacs25, emacs25-lucid, and emacs25-nox.
There are three methods to install emacs25-common 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 emacs25-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs25-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs25-common
Install emacs25-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs25-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs25-common
Install emacs25-common 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 emacs25-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs25-common
How To Uninstall emacs25-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the emacs25-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs25-common
Uninstall emacs25-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs25-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs25-common
Remove emacs25-common Configurations and Data
To remove emacs25-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs25-common
Remove emacs25-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs25-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs25-common
Dependencies
emacs25-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.