How To Install emacsen-common on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacsen-common on Debian 11. emacsen-common is Common facilities for all emacsen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacsen-common on Debian 11.

What is emacsen-common

emacsen-common is:

This package contains code that is needed by all the (x)emacs packages. It will be automatically installed when needed.

There are three methods to install emacsen-common on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install emacsen-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 emacsen-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emacsen-common

Install emacsen-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install emacsen-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install emacsen-common

Install emacsen-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 emacsen-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emacsen-common

How To Uninstall emacsen-common on Debian 11

To uninstall only the emacsen-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emacsen-common

Uninstall emacsen-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall emacsen-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacsen-common

Remove emacsen-common Configurations and Data

To remove emacsen-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge emacsen-common

Remove emacsen-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove emacsen-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacsen-common

Dependencies

emacsen-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacsen-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.