How To Install yasnippet on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yasnippet on Debian 10.
What is yasnippet
yasnippet is:
The yasnippet emacs addon has been elpafied. This dummy package helps ease transition from yasnippet to elpa-yasnippet, and may safely be removed.
There are three methods to install yasnippet 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 yasnippet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yasnippet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yasnippet
Install yasnippet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yasnippet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yasnippet
Install yasnippet 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 yasnippet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yasnippet
How To Uninstall yasnippet on Debian 10
To uninstall only the yasnippet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yasnippet
Uninstall yasnippet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yasnippet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yasnippet
Remove yasnippet Configurations and Data
To remove yasnippet configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yasnippet
Remove yasnippet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yasnippet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yasnippet
Dependencies
yasnippet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yasnippet package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.