How To Install elpa-evil on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-evil on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-evil
elpa-evil is:
Evil is an extensible vi layer for Emacs. It emulates the main features of Vim, and provides facilities for writing custom extensions.
There are three methods to install elpa-evil 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-evil 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-evil using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-evil
Install elpa-evil Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-evil using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-evil
Install elpa-evil 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-evil using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-evil
How To Uninstall elpa-evil on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-evil package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-evil
Uninstall elpa-evil And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-evil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-evil
Remove elpa-evil Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-evil configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-evil
Remove elpa-evil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-evil configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-evil
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-evil package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
