How To Install elpa-xml-rpc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-xml-rpc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elpa-xml-rpc
elpa-xml-rpc is:
This is an XML-RPC client library for Emacs Lisp, capable of both synchronous and asynchronous method calls.
An XML-RPC client sends and receives data over HTTP. The request and the response are both described using XML.
xml-rpc.el represents XML-RPC datatypes as lisp values, automatically converting to and from the XML datastructures as needed, both for method parameters and return values. This makes using XML-RPC methods transparent to the lisp code.
There are three methods to install elpa-xml-rpc 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-xml-rpc 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-xml-rpc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-xml-rpc
Install elpa-xml-rpc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-xml-rpc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-xml-rpc
Install elpa-xml-rpc 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-xml-rpc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-xml-rpc
How To Uninstall elpa-xml-rpc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elpa-xml-rpc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-xml-rpc
Uninstall elpa-xml-rpc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-xml-rpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-xml-rpc
Remove elpa-xml-rpc Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-xml-rpc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-xml-rpc
Remove elpa-xml-rpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-xml-rpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-xml-rpc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-xml-rpc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
