Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-csv-mode on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is elpa-csv-mode
elpa-csv-mode is:
This package implements CSV mode, a major mode for editing records in
a generalised CSV (character-separated values) format. It also
features support for TSV (tab-separated values). CSV mode supports
operations such as the following:
- sort lexicographically and numerically on a specified
field or column. - kill and yank by field or column. C-c C-k can kill more than one
field at once, but multiple killed fields can be yanked only as a
fixed group equivalent to a single field. - align fields into columns.
- interchange between rows and columns.
CSV mode can recognise fields separated by a number of individual
characters, configurable in csv-separators'. CSV data fields can be delimited with quote characters. This implementation supports quoted fields, where all permitted quote characters are specified in the customisable user option csv-field-quotes’. By default, the only
separator is a comma and the only field quote is a double quote.
The global minor mode csv-field-index-mode' displays the current field index in the mode line, cf. line-number-mode’ and
`column-number-mode’. It is on by default.
There are three methods to install elpa-csv-mode on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-csv-mode 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-csv-mode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-csv-mode
Install elpa-csv-mode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-csv-mode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-csv-mode
Install elpa-csv-mode 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-csv-mode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-csv-mode
How To Uninstall elpa-csv-mode on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the elpa-csv-mode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-csv-mode
Uninstall elpa-csv-mode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-csv-mode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-csv-mode
Remove elpa-csv-mode Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-csv-mode configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-csv-mode
Remove elpa-csv-mode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-csv-mode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-csv-mode
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-csv-mode package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
