How To Install elpa-diminish on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-diminish on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-diminish
elpa-diminish is:
Minor modes each put a word on the mode line to signify that they’re active. This can cause other displays, such as % of file that point is at, to run off the right side of the screen. For some minor modes, such as mouse-avoidance-mode, the display is a waste of space, since users typically set the mode in their .emacs and never change it. For other modes, such as jiggle-mode, it’s a waste because there’s already a visual indication of whether the mode is in effect.
A diminished mode is a minor mode that has had its mode line display diminished, usually to nothing, although diminishing to a shorter word or a single letter is also supported. This package implements diminished modes.
There are three methods to install elpa-diminish 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-diminish 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-diminish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-diminish
Install elpa-diminish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-diminish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-diminish
Install elpa-diminish 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-diminish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-diminish
How To Uninstall elpa-diminish on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-diminish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-diminish
Uninstall elpa-diminish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-diminish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-diminish
Remove elpa-diminish Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-diminish configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-diminish
Remove elpa-diminish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-diminish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-diminish
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-diminish package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
