How To Install elpa-editorconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-editorconfig
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-editorconfig
elpa-editorconfig is:
EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent coding styles between different editors and IDEs. The EditorConfig project consists of a file format for defining coding styles and a collection of text editor plugins that enable editors to read the file format and adhere to defined styles.
EditorConfig files are easily readable and they work nicely with version control systems.
This package provides the EditorConfig plugin for Emacsen which automatically sets Emacs’ indenting and formatting options per project based on the project’s editorconfig configuration files.
There are three methods to install elpa-editorconfig
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-editorconfig 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-editorconfig
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-editorconfig
Install elpa-editorconfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-editorconfig
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-editorconfig
Install elpa-editorconfig 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-editorconfig
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-editorconfig
How To Uninstall elpa-editorconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-editorconfig
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-editorconfig
Uninstall elpa-editorconfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-editorconfig
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-editorconfig
Remove elpa-editorconfig Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-editorconfig
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-editorconfig
Remove elpa-editorconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-editorconfig
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-editorconfig
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-editorconfig
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.