How To Install elpa-concurrent on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-concurrent on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-concurrent
elpa-concurrent is:
It is a higher level library for concurrent tasks based on deferred.el. This library has following features:
- Generator
- Green thread
- Semaphore
- Dataflow
- Signal/Channel
There are three methods to install elpa-concurrent 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-concurrent 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-concurrent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-concurrent
Install elpa-concurrent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-concurrent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-concurrent
Install elpa-concurrent 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-concurrent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-concurrent
How To Uninstall elpa-concurrent on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-concurrent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-concurrent
Uninstall elpa-concurrent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-concurrent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-concurrent
Remove elpa-concurrent Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-concurrent configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-concurrent
Remove elpa-concurrent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-concurrent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-concurrent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-concurrent package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
