How To Install ecb on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecb on Ubuntu.
What is ecb
ecb is:
ECB is source code browser for Emacs. It is a global minor-mode which displays a couple of windows that can be used to browse directories, files and methods. It supports method parsing for Java, C, C++, Elisp etc.
There are three methods to install ecb on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ecb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ecb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecb
Install ecb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecb
Install ecb 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 ecb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecb
How To Uninstall ecb on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ecb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecb
Uninstall ecb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecb
Remove ecb Configurations and Data
To remove ecb configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecb
Remove ecb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecb
Dependencies
ecb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecb package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.