How To Install elpa-ivy-hydra on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ivy-hydra on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-ivy-hydra is additional key bindings for Emacs Ivy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ivy-hydra on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is elpa-ivy-hydra

elpa-ivy-hydra is:

This package provides the hydra-ivy/body command, which is a quasi-prefix map with many useful bindings. These bindings are shorter than usual and use mostly unprefixed keys.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-ivy-hydra

Install elpa-ivy-hydra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-ivy-hydra

Install elpa-ivy-hydra 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-ivy-hydra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-ivy-hydra

How To Uninstall elpa-ivy-hydra on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the elpa-ivy-hydra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-ivy-hydra

Uninstall elpa-ivy-hydra And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-ivy-hydra

Remove elpa-ivy-hydra Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-ivy-hydra

Remove elpa-ivy-hydra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-ivy-hydra

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Summary

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