How To Install elpa-apiwrap on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-apiwrap on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-apiwrap is api-wrapping macros

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-apiwrap on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is elpa-apiwrap

elpa-apiwrap is:

API-Wrap.el is a tool to interface with the APIs of your favorite services. These macros make it easy to define efficient and consistently-documented Elisp functions that use a natural syntax for application development.

There are three methods to install elpa-apiwrap 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 elpa-apiwrap Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-apiwrap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-apiwrap

Install elpa-apiwrap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-apiwrap

Install elpa-apiwrap 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 elpa-apiwrap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-apiwrap

How To Uninstall elpa-apiwrap on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the elpa-apiwrap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-apiwrap

Uninstall elpa-apiwrap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-apiwrap

Remove elpa-apiwrap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-apiwrap

Remove elpa-apiwrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-apiwrap

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Summary

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