How To Install elpa-magit on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-magit on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-magit is Emacs interface for Git

Introduction

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

What is elpa-magit

elpa-magit is:

With Magit, you can inspect and modify your Git repositories with Emacs. You can review and commit the changes you have made to the tracked files, for example, and you can browse the history of past changes. There is support for cherry picking, reverting, merging, rebasing, and other common Git operations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-magit

Install elpa-magit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-magit

Install elpa-magit 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-magit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-magit

How To Uninstall elpa-magit on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-magit

Uninstall elpa-magit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-magit

Remove elpa-magit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-magit

Remove elpa-magit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-magit

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Summary

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