How To Install emacs 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 emacs on Ubuntu.
What is emacs
emacs is:
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This is a metapackage that will always depend on the latest recommended Emacs variant (currently emacs-gtk).
There are three methods to install emacs 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 emacs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install emacs
Install emacs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install emacs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install emacs
Install emacs 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 emacs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install emacs
How To Uninstall emacs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the emacs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs
Uninstall emacs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall emacs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs
Remove emacs Configurations and Data
To remove emacs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge emacs
Remove emacs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove emacs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs
Dependencies
emacs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.