How To Install elpa-flycheck on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-flycheck on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-flycheck
elpa-flycheck is:
Flycheck uses various syntax checking and linting tools to automatically check the contents of buffers while the user types, and reports warnings and errors directly in the buffer, or in an optional error list.
It is intended to replace the older Flymake which is part of Emacs core.
There are three methods to install elpa-flycheck 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-flycheck 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-flycheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-flycheck
Install elpa-flycheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-flycheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-flycheck
Install elpa-flycheck 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-flycheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-flycheck
How To Uninstall elpa-flycheck on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-flycheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-flycheck
Uninstall elpa-flycheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-flycheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-flycheck
Remove elpa-flycheck Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-flycheck configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-flycheck
Remove elpa-flycheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-flycheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-flycheck
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-flycheck package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
