How To Install elpa-visual-fill-column on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-visual-fill-column on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-visual-fill-column
elpa-visual-fill-column is:
Visual-fill-column-mode is a small Emacs minor mode that mimics the effect of fill-column in visual-line-mode. Instead of wrapping lines at the window edge, which is the standard behaviour of visual-line-mode, it wraps lines at fill-column. If fill-column is too large for the window, the text is wrapped at the window edge.
There are three methods to install elpa-visual-fill-column 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-visual-fill-column 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-visual-fill-column using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-visual-fill-column
Install elpa-visual-fill-column Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-visual-fill-column using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-visual-fill-column
Install elpa-visual-fill-column 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-visual-fill-column using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-visual-fill-column
How To Uninstall elpa-visual-fill-column on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-visual-fill-column package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-visual-fill-column
Uninstall elpa-visual-fill-column And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-visual-fill-column and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-visual-fill-column
Remove elpa-visual-fill-column Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-visual-fill-column configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-visual-fill-column
Remove elpa-visual-fill-column configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-visual-fill-column configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-visual-fill-column
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-visual-fill-column package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
