How To Install x-face-el 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 x-face-el on Ubuntu.
What is x-face-el
x-face-el is:
X-Face utility provides X-Face encoder/decoder for emacsen.
For GNU Emacs users: This package includes the x-face-e21 feature (x-face-e21.el). It provides displaying an X-Face image inline. Also, it supports the Face field which contains a base64 encoded PNG image. If you want to scale Face images, install the netpbm package.
For XEmacs users: Displaying an X-Face image inline is supported by the x-face-xmas feature (x-face-xmas.el). It is enabled by default.
There are three methods to install x-face-el 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 x-face-el Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install x-face-el using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install x-face-el
Install x-face-el Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install x-face-el using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install x-face-el
Install x-face-el 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 x-face-el using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install x-face-el
How To Uninstall x-face-el on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the x-face-el package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove x-face-el
Uninstall x-face-el And Its Dependencies
To uninstall x-face-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove x-face-el
Remove x-face-el Configurations and Data
To remove x-face-el configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge x-face-el
Remove x-face-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove x-face-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge x-face-el
Dependencies
x-face-el have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install x-face-el package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.