How To Install elpa-key-chord on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-key-chord on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-key-chord
elpa-key-chord is:
This package permits an Emacs user to map commands to simultaneously pressed keys. This can be done buffer-local or globally.
In this package, a “key chord” is two keys pressed simultaneously, or a single key quickly pressed twice.
(Sometimes pressing SHIFT and/or META plus another key is call a chord, but not here. However SHIFT plus two normal keys can be a “key chord”.)
There are three methods to install elpa-key-chord 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-key-chord 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-key-chord using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-key-chord
Install elpa-key-chord Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-key-chord using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-key-chord
Install elpa-key-chord 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-key-chord using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-key-chord
How To Uninstall elpa-key-chord on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-key-chord package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-key-chord
Uninstall elpa-key-chord And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-key-chord and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-key-chord
Remove elpa-key-chord Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-key-chord configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-key-chord
Remove elpa-key-chord configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-key-chord configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-key-chord
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-key-chord package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
