How To Install quilt-el on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quilt-el on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is quilt-el
quilt-el is:
This is an Emacs minor mode for quilt. By using this, it becomes easy to edit files controlled by quilt. The main features are as follows:
- Automatically detects files that are in a quilt hierarchy and enables itself.
- Only files in topmost patch can be writable.
- Some handy shortcut keys of quilt commands.
There are three methods to install quilt-el 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 quilt-el Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quilt-el using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quilt-el
Install quilt-el Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quilt-el using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quilt-el
Install quilt-el 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 quilt-el using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quilt-el
How To Uninstall quilt-el on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the quilt-el package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quilt-el
Uninstall quilt-el And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quilt-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quilt-el
Remove quilt-el Configurations and Data
To remove quilt-el configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quilt-el
Remove quilt-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quilt-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quilt-el
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quilt-el package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
