How To Install irony-mode on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install irony-mode on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is irony-mode
irony-mode is:
The irony-mode addon has been elpafied. This dummy package helps ease the transition from irony-mode to elpa-irony and is safe to remove.
There are three methods to install irony-mode on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install irony-mode package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
