How To Install elpa-avy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-avy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-avy
elpa-avy is:
This package provides a generic completion method based on building a balanced decision tree with each candidate being a leaf. To traverse the tree from the root to a desired leaf, typically a sequence of `read-key’ can be used.
In order for `read-key’ to make sense, the tree needs to be visualized appropriately, with a character at each branch node. So this completion method works only for things that you can see on your screen, all at once:
- character positions
- word or subword start positions
- line beginning positions
- link positions
- window positions
If you’re familiar with the popular `ace-jump-mode’ package, this package does all that and more, without the implementation headache.
There are three methods to install elpa-avy 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-avy 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-avy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-avy
Install elpa-avy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-avy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-avy
Install elpa-avy 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-avy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-avy
How To Uninstall elpa-avy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-avy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-avy
Uninstall elpa-avy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-avy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-avy
Remove elpa-avy Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-avy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-avy
Remove elpa-avy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-avy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-avy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-avy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
