How To Install inform-mode on Ubuntu 22.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install inform-mode on Ubuntu 22.04. inform-mode is Emacs mode for editing Inform files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inform-mode on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is inform-mode

inform-mode is:

This is an (X)Emacs mode for editing Inform source code. Inform source
is used when writing games for the Z-Code virtual machine (aka Infocom).
This package will add an editing mode to your favorite Emacsen for
editing these files.

There are three methods to install inform-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 inform-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 inform-mode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install inform-mode

Install inform-mode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install inform-mode

Install inform-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 inform-mode using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inform-mode

How To Uninstall inform-mode on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the inform-mode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove inform-mode

Uninstall inform-mode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall inform-mode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inform-mode

Remove inform-mode Configurations and Data

To remove inform-mode configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge inform-mode

Remove inform-mode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inform-mode

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install inform-mode package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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