How To Install elpa-seq on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-seq on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-seq
elpa-seq is:
This library provides sequence-manipulation functions that complement basic functions provided by subr.el.
All functions are prefixed with “seq-”.
All provided functions work on lists, strings and vectors.
Functions taking a predicate or iterating over a sequence using a function as argument take the function as their first argument and the sequence as their second argument. All other functions take the sequence as their first argument.
There are three methods to install elpa-seq 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-seq 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-seq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-seq
Install elpa-seq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-seq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-seq
Install elpa-seq 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-seq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-seq
How To Uninstall elpa-seq on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-seq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-seq
Uninstall elpa-seq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-seq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-seq
Remove elpa-seq Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-seq configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-seq
Remove elpa-seq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-seq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-seq
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-seq package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
