How To Install emacs25-common-non-dfsg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-common-non-dfsg on Ubuntu 18.04. emacs25-common-non-dfsg is GNU Emacs common non-DFSG items, including the core documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-common-non-dfsg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is emacs25-common-non-dfsg

emacs25-common-non-dfsg is:

This package includes the core Emacs documentation: the Emacs Info pages, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, and the Emacs Lisp Intro.

GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains the architecture independent infrastructure that is not compliant with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. In particular, this includes some of the GNU Emacs info pages, as they are covered under the GFDL, and specify invariant sections. See http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 for more information.

There are three methods to install emacs25-common-non-dfsg 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 emacs25-common-non-dfsg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install emacs25-common-non-dfsg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emacs25-common-non-dfsg

Install emacs25-common-non-dfsg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install emacs25-common-non-dfsg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install emacs25-common-non-dfsg

Install emacs25-common-non-dfsg 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 emacs25-common-non-dfsg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emacs25-common-non-dfsg

How To Uninstall emacs25-common-non-dfsg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the emacs25-common-non-dfsg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emacs25-common-non-dfsg

Uninstall emacs25-common-non-dfsg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall emacs25-common-non-dfsg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs25-common-non-dfsg

Remove emacs25-common-non-dfsg Configurations and Data

To remove emacs25-common-non-dfsg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs25-common-non-dfsg

Remove emacs25-common-non-dfsg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove emacs25-common-non-dfsg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs25-common-non-dfsg

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-common-non-dfsg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.