How To Install elpa-swiper on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-swiper on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-swiper
elpa-swiper is:
Swiper gives an overview of the current regex search candidates. The search regex can be split into groups with a space. Each group is highlighted with a different face.
It can double as a quick regex-builder; however, only single lines will be matched. Swiper uses Ivy to show an overview of all matches.
There are three methods to install elpa-swiper 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-swiper 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-swiper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-swiper
Install elpa-swiper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-swiper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-swiper
Install elpa-swiper 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-swiper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-swiper
How To Uninstall elpa-swiper on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-swiper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-swiper
Uninstall elpa-swiper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-swiper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-swiper
Remove elpa-swiper Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-swiper configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-swiper
Remove elpa-swiper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-swiper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-swiper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-swiper package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
