How To Install elpa-elfeed-web on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-elfeed-web on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-elfeed-web is Emacs Atom/RSS feed reader - web interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-elfeed-web on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is elpa-elfeed-web

elpa-elfeed-web is:

Elfeed is an extensible web feed reader for Emacs, supporting both Atom and RSS. Elfeed was inspired by notmuch.

This package contains demonstration/toy web interface for remote network access.

There are three methods to install elpa-elfeed-web 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-elfeed-web 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-elfeed-web using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-elfeed-web

Install elpa-elfeed-web Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-elfeed-web using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-elfeed-web

Install elpa-elfeed-web 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-elfeed-web using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-elfeed-web

How To Uninstall elpa-elfeed-web on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the elpa-elfeed-web package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-elfeed-web

Uninstall elpa-elfeed-web And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-elfeed-web and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-elfeed-web

Remove elpa-elfeed-web Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-elfeed-web configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-elfeed-web

Remove elpa-elfeed-web configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-elfeed-web configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-elfeed-web

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-elfeed-web package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.