How To Install elpa-rainbow-identifiers on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-rainbow-identifiers on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-rainbow-identifiers is highlight identifiers according to their names

Introduction

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

What is elpa-rainbow-identifiers

elpa-rainbow-identifiers is:

Minor mode providing highlighting of identifiers based on their names. Each identifier gets a color based on a hash of its name.

Default colors try to be reasonable, but they can be changed by changing the corresponding faces.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-rainbow-identifiers

Install elpa-rainbow-identifiers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-rainbow-identifiers

Install elpa-rainbow-identifiers 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-rainbow-identifiers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-rainbow-identifiers

How To Uninstall elpa-rainbow-identifiers on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-rainbow-identifiers

Uninstall elpa-rainbow-identifiers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-rainbow-identifiers

Remove elpa-rainbow-identifiers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-rainbow-identifiers

Remove elpa-rainbow-identifiers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-rainbow-identifiers

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Summary

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