How To Install elpa-dash-functional on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-dash-functional on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-dash-functional
elpa-dash-functional is:
This library contains combinators to enable the use of certain functional programming techniques in Emacs Lisp.
For example, the `-flip’ function takes a binary function, and returns a binary function that is the same as the original function, except that the order of its arguments is reversed.
See the elpa-dash package for list processing functions.
There are three methods to install elpa-dash-functional 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-dash-functional 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-dash-functional using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-dash-functional
Install elpa-dash-functional Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-dash-functional using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-dash-functional
Install elpa-dash-functional 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-dash-functional using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-dash-functional
How To Uninstall elpa-dash-functional on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-dash-functional package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-dash-functional
Uninstall elpa-dash-functional And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-dash-functional and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-dash-functional
Remove elpa-dash-functional Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-dash-functional configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-dash-functional
Remove elpa-dash-functional configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-dash-functional configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-dash-functional
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-dash-functional package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
