How To Install elpa-recursive-narrow on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-recursive-narrow on Ubuntu 18.04. elpa-recursive-narrow is narrow-to-region that operates recursively

Introduction

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

What is elpa-recursive-narrow

elpa-recursive-narrow is:

This package defines two functions, recursive-narrow-or-widen-dwim and recursive-widen-dwim that replace the builtin functions narrow-to-region and widen. These functions operate the same way, except in the case of multiple calls to recursive-narrow-to-region-dwim. In this case, recursive-widen-dwim will go to the previous buffer visibility, not make the entire buffer visible.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-recursive-narrow

Install elpa-recursive-narrow Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-recursive-narrow

Install elpa-recursive-narrow 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-recursive-narrow using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-recursive-narrow

How To Uninstall elpa-recursive-narrow on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-recursive-narrow

Uninstall elpa-recursive-narrow And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-recursive-narrow

Remove elpa-recursive-narrow Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-recursive-narrow

Remove elpa-recursive-narrow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-recursive-narrow

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Summary

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