How To Install elpa-projectile 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-projectile on Ubuntu.

What is `elpa-projectile`

elpa-projectile is:

This library enhances Emacs with easy project management and navigation. The concept of a project is simple: just a folder containing a special file. Currently git, mercurial, darcs and bazaar repos are considered projects by default. So are lein, maven, sbt, scons, rebar and bundler projects. If you want to mark a folder manually as a project just create an empty .projectile file in it.

Some of Projectile’s features:

jump to a file in project
jump to files at point in project
jump to a directory in project
jump to a file in a directory
jump to a project buffer
jump to a test in project
toggle between files with same names but different extensions (e.g. .h <-> .c/.cpp, Gemfile <-> Gemfile.lock)
toggle between code and its test (e.g. main.service.js <-> main.service.spec.js)
jump to recently visited files in the project
switch between projects you have worked on
kill all project buffers
replace in project
multi-occur in project buffers
grep in project
regenerate project etags or gtags
visit project in dired
run make in a project with a single key chord

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-projectile

Install elpa-projectile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-projectile

Install elpa-projectile 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-projectile using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-projectile

How To Uninstall elpa-projectile on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-projectile

Uninstall elpa-projectile And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-projectile

Remove elpa-projectile Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-projectile

Remove elpa-projectile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-projectile

Dependencies

elpa-projectile have the following dependencies:

References

elpa-projectile website

Summary

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