How To Install emacsen-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacsen-common on Debian 9.
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 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.