How To Install elpa-highlight-indentation 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-highlight-indentation on Ubuntu.
What is elpa-highlight-indentation
elpa-highlight-indentation is:
This package provides two Emacs minor modes:
- highlight-indentation-mode displays guides at each indentation level
- highlight-indentation-current-column-mode displays guides indicating other lines indented to the same level as the line containing point
These modes are useful for programming in language like Python which use semantic indentation.
There are three methods to install elpa-highlight-indentation 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-highlight-indentation 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-highlight-indentation using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-highlight-indentation
Install elpa-highlight-indentation Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-highlight-indentation using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-highlight-indentation
Install elpa-highlight-indentation 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-highlight-indentation using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-highlight-indentation
How To Uninstall elpa-highlight-indentation on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the elpa-highlight-indentation package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-highlight-indentation
Uninstall elpa-highlight-indentation And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-highlight-indentation and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-highlight-indentation
Remove elpa-highlight-indentation Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-highlight-indentation configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-highlight-indentation
Remove elpa-highlight-indentation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-highlight-indentation configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-highlight-indentation
Dependencies
elpa-highlight-indentation have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-highlight-indentation package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.