How To Install develock-el on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install develock-el on Ubuntu 18.04. develock-el is additional font-lock keywords for the developers on Emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install develock-el on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is develock-el

develock-el is:

Develock is a minor mode which provides the ability to make font- lock highlight leading and trailing whitespace, long lines and oddities in the file buffer for Lisp modes, ChangeLog mode, Texinfo mode, C modes, OCaml modes, Coq mode, LaTeX mode, Java mode, Jde-mode, CPerl mode, Perl mode, HTML modes and some Mail modes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install develock-el

Install develock-el Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install develock-el

Install develock-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 develock-el using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install develock-el

How To Uninstall develock-el on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the develock-el package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove develock-el

Uninstall develock-el And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove develock-el

Remove develock-el Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge develock-el

Remove develock-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge develock-el

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Summary

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