How To Install elpa-yaml 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-yaml on Ubuntu.

What is `elpa-yaml`

elpa-yaml is:

Yaml.el is a YAML parser and encoder written in Emacs Lisp without any external dependencies. It provides an interface similar to the Emacs JSON parsing utility.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-yaml

Install elpa-yaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-yaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-yaml

How To Uninstall elpa-yaml on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-yaml

Uninstall elpa-yaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-yaml

Remove elpa-yaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-yaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-yaml have the following dependencies:

References

elpa-yaml website

Summary

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