How To Install elpa-jabber on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-jabber on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-jabber
elpa-jabber is:
jabber.el (emacs-jabber) is a Jabber client for Emacs and XEmacs. While this is still a development version, it offers all the basic instant messaging functions and is highly customizable.
There are three methods to install elpa-jabber 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-jabber 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-jabber using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-jabber
Install elpa-jabber Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-jabber using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-jabber
Install elpa-jabber 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-jabber using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-jabber
How To Uninstall elpa-jabber on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-jabber package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-jabber
Uninstall elpa-jabber And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-jabber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-jabber
Remove elpa-jabber Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-jabber configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-jabber
Remove elpa-jabber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-jabber configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-jabber
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-jabber package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
