Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-virtualenvwrapper on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is elpa-virtualenvwrapper
elpa-virtualenvwrapper is:
This package provides a featureful virtualenv tool for Emacs. It
emulates much of the functionality of Doug Hellmann’s
virtualenvwrapper.
There are three methods to install elpa-virtualenvwrapper 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-virtualenvwrapper 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-virtualenvwrapper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-virtualenvwrapper
Install elpa-virtualenvwrapper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-virtualenvwrapper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-virtualenvwrapper
Install elpa-virtualenvwrapper 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-virtualenvwrapper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-virtualenvwrapper
How To Uninstall elpa-virtualenvwrapper on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the elpa-virtualenvwrapper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-virtualenvwrapper
Uninstall elpa-virtualenvwrapper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-virtualenvwrapper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-virtualenvwrapper
Remove elpa-virtualenvwrapper Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-virtualenvwrapper configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-virtualenvwrapper
Remove elpa-virtualenvwrapper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-virtualenvwrapper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-virtualenvwrapper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-virtualenvwrapper package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
