How To Install sepia 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 sepia on Ubuntu.

What is sepia

sepia is:

Sepia is a set of features to make Emacs a better tool for Perl development, including:

• an interactive prompt (REPL) for evaluating code;
• cross-referencing to find and navigate between function and variable definitions and uses;
• variable- and function-name completion.
• eldoc support to echo function arguments in the minibuffer
• functions to simplify POD browsing with Emacs-w3m

There are three methods to install sepia 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 sepia Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sepia

Install sepia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sepia using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sepia

Install sepia 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 sepia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sepia

How To Uninstall sepia on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the sepia package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sepia

Uninstall sepia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sepia

Remove sepia Configurations and Data

To remove sepia configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sepia

Remove sepia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sepia

Dependencies

sepia have the following dependencies:

• perl
• install-info
• emacs-nox
• w3m-el
• libio-stringy-perl
• libpadwalker-perl
• libmodule-info-perl
• libscope-upper-perl
• libdevel-lexalias-perl
• libmodule-corelist-perl
• libwww-perl
• libdata-dump-perl
• libdevel-size-perl
• libbsd-resource-perl

References

• sepia website

Summary

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