How To Install emacs25-lucid on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-lucid on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is emacs25-lucid
emacs25-lucid is:
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains a version of Emacs with support for a graphical user interface based on the Lucid toolkit (instead of the GTK+ interface provided by the emacs25 package). Until some known GTK+ problems are fixed, this version may help avoid crashing Emacs during an emacsclient disconnect. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567934 and https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715 for more information.
There are three methods to install emacs25-lucid 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-lucid 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-lucid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs25-lucid
Install emacs25-lucid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs25-lucid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs25-lucid
Install emacs25-lucid 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-lucid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs25-lucid
How To Uninstall emacs25-lucid on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the emacs25-lucid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs25-lucid
Uninstall emacs25-lucid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs25-lucid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs25-lucid
Remove emacs25-lucid Configurations and Data
To remove emacs25-lucid configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs25-lucid
Remove emacs25-lucid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs25-lucid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs25-lucid
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-lucid package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
