How To Install elpa-paredit-everywhere on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-paredit-everywhere on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-paredit-everywhere is cut-down version of paredit for non-lisp buffers

Introduction

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

What is elpa-paredit-everywhere

elpa-paredit-everywhere is:

This Emacs addon extends Paredit to non-lisp buffers by providing a new minor mode, `paredit-everywhere-mode’. This works because many major modes provide reasonable sexp-oriented navigation.

Paredit bindings that do not work well outside of lisp buffers are not enabled.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-paredit-everywhere

Install elpa-paredit-everywhere Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-paredit-everywhere

Install elpa-paredit-everywhere 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-paredit-everywhere using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-paredit-everywhere

How To Uninstall elpa-paredit-everywhere on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-paredit-everywhere

Uninstall elpa-paredit-everywhere And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-paredit-everywhere

Remove elpa-paredit-everywhere Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-paredit-everywhere

Remove elpa-paredit-everywhere configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-paredit-everywhere

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Summary

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