How To Install elpa-diffview on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-diffview on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-diffview
elpa-diffview is:
Render a unified diff (top/bottom) in an easy-to-comprehend side-by-side format. This comes in handy for reading patches from mailing lists (or from whencever you might acquire them).
There are three methods to install elpa-diffview 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-diffview 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-diffview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-diffview
Install elpa-diffview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-diffview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-diffview
Install elpa-diffview 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-diffview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-diffview
How To Uninstall elpa-diffview on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-diffview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-diffview
Uninstall elpa-diffview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-diffview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-diffview
Remove elpa-diffview Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-diffview configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-diffview
Remove elpa-diffview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-diffview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-diffview
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-diffview package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
