How To Install twittering-mode on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install twittering-mode on Ubuntu 18.04. twittering-mode is Twitter client for Emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install twittering-mode on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is twittering-mode

twittering-mode is:

You can check friends timeline, and update your status on Emacs.

The feature of twittering-mode:

  • Activities on Twitter
    • Viewing various timelines
      • Friends’ timeline
      • Replies
      • User’s timeline
      • Public timeline
    • Posting tweets
      • Direct message
      • ReTweet
      • Hash tag
      • Signiture
    • Following and removing users
    • Marking tweets as favorites
  • HTTP Proxy support
  • Secure connection via HTTPS (cURL is required)

There are three methods to install twittering-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 twittering-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 twittering-mode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install twittering-mode

Install twittering-mode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install twittering-mode

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

sudo aptitude -y install twittering-mode

How To Uninstall twittering-mode on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove twittering-mode

Uninstall twittering-mode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall twittering-mode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove twittering-mode

Remove twittering-mode Configurations and Data

To remove twittering-mode configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge twittering-mode

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install twittering-mode package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.