How To Install elpa-helm-core on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helm-core on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-helm-core
elpa-helm-core is:
This package provides library Emacs Lisp files used by the elpa-helm package, and by Emacs Lisp addons that depend on Helm.
Please see the description & documentation for the elpa-helm package for more information.
There are three methods to install elpa-helm-core 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-helm-core 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-helm-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-helm-core
Install elpa-helm-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-helm-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-helm-core
Install elpa-helm-core 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-helm-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-helm-core
How To Uninstall elpa-helm-core on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-helm-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-helm-core
Uninstall elpa-helm-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-helm-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-helm-core
Remove elpa-helm-core Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-helm-core configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-helm-core
Remove elpa-helm-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-helm-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-helm-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helm-core package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
