How To Install yaml-mode on Debian 10

Learn how to install yaml-mode on Debian 10 with this tutorial. yaml-mode is transition package, yaml-mode to elpa-yaml-mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaml-mode on Debian 10.

What is yaml-mode

yaml-mode is:

The yaml-mode addon has been elpafied. This dummy package helps ease the transition from yaml-mode to elpa-yaml-mode and is safe to remove.

There are three methods to install yaml-mode on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install yaml-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 yaml-mode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yaml-mode

Install yaml-mode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaml-mode

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

sudo aptitude -y install yaml-mode

How To Uninstall yaml-mode on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove yaml-mode

Uninstall yaml-mode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yaml-mode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaml-mode

Remove yaml-mode Configurations and Data

To remove yaml-mode configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yaml-mode

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

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

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

Dependencies

yaml-mode have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaml-mode package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.