How To Install elpa-c-sig 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 elpa-c-sig on Ubuntu.

What is `elpa-c-sig`

elpa-c-sig is:

C-sig is a signature insertion tool for GNU Emacs. Features in c-sig include:

registering signatures interactively
learning facility
expanding signatures dynamically
modifying signatures through elisp functions

There are three methods to install elpa-c-sig 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 elpa-c-sig 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-c-sig using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-c-sig

Install elpa-c-sig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-c-sig using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-c-sig

Install elpa-c-sig 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-c-sig using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-c-sig

How To Uninstall elpa-c-sig on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the elpa-c-sig package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-c-sig

Uninstall elpa-c-sig And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-c-sig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-c-sig

Remove elpa-c-sig Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-c-sig configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-c-sig

Remove elpa-c-sig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-c-sig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-c-sig

Dependencies

elpa-c-sig have the following dependencies:

References

elpa-c-sig website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-c-sig package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.