How To Install elpa-expand-region on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-expand-region on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-expand-region is Increase selected region in Emacs by semantic units

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-expand-region on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is elpa-expand-region

elpa-expand-region is:

Expand region increases the selected region by semantic units. Just keep pressing the ‘C-=’ key until it selects what you want. The notion of “semantic” is language-sensitive.

Example: editing

(setq alphabet-start “abc def”)

With the cursor at the c, it starts by marking the entire word abc, then expand to the contents of the quotes abc def, then to the entire quote "abc def", then to the contents of the sexp setq alphabet-start "abc def" and finally to the entire sexp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-expand-region

Install elpa-expand-region Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-expand-region

Install elpa-expand-region 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-expand-region using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-expand-region

How To Uninstall elpa-expand-region on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the elpa-expand-region package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-expand-region

Uninstall elpa-expand-region And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-expand-region

Remove elpa-expand-region Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-expand-region

Remove elpa-expand-region configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-expand-region

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Summary

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