How To Install elpa-spinner on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-spinner on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-spinner
elpa-spinner is:
This library provides functions to add spinners to the Emacs modeline. Spinners are used to indicate that an operation is in progress.
A spinner is a column or columns of the modeline where the character displayed in that column or columns changes rapidly, looping through a sequence of characters or strings, until the operation is complete. For example, one spinner type provided by this package loops through these four characters: ◰, ◳, ◲ and ◱.
There are three methods to install elpa-spinner 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-spinner 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-spinner using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-spinner
Install elpa-spinner Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-spinner using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-spinner
Install elpa-spinner 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-spinner using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-spinner
How To Uninstall elpa-spinner on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-spinner package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-spinner
Uninstall elpa-spinner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-spinner and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-spinner
Remove elpa-spinner Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-spinner configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-spinner
Remove elpa-spinner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-spinner configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-spinner
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-spinner package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
