How To Install irony-mode on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install irony-mode on Debian 9.

What is irony-mode

irony-mode is:

irony-mode is an Emacs minor-mode that aims at improving the editing experience for the C, C++ and Objective-C languages. It works by using a combination of an Emacs package and a C++ program (irony-server) that uses libclang.

There are three methods to install irony-mode 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 irony-mode Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install irony-mode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install irony-mode

Install irony-mode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install irony-mode

Install irony-mode 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 irony-mode using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install irony-mode

How To Uninstall irony-mode on Debian 9

To uninstall only the irony-mode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove irony-mode

Uninstall irony-mode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall irony-mode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove irony-mode

Remove irony-mode Configurations and Data

To remove irony-mode configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge irony-mode

Remove irony-mode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irony-mode

Dependencies

irony-mode have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libclang1-3.8

References

• irony-mode website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install irony-mode package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.