How to Install and Uninstall elpa-async Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "elpa-async" package

This is a short guide on how to install elpa-async on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                elpa-async
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "elpa-async" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall elpa-async on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                elpa-async
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the elpa-async package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: elpa-async
Priority: optional
Section: universe/lisp
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Emacs addons team
Architecture: all
Source: emacs-async
Version: 1.6-1
Depends: emacsen-common, emacs
Recommends: emacs (>= 46.0)
Filename: pool/universe/e/emacs-async/elpa-async_1.6-1_all.deb
Size: 14146
MD5sum: ddbf095ca3c1031146f3945182e33749
SHA1: 28460df946b4fc5533e51c8b8c0d403ecd48e0df
SHA256: 46055cf329e0106f485776cedaaa2b26d3a624d3c91eb858856c2874c5a33e4b
Description-en: simple library for asynchronous processing in Emacs
async.el is a module for doing asynchronous processing in Emacs. The
most common application is to make dired move and rename files
asynchronously i.e. in the background. Then the user need not wait
for the move or copy to complete before they can use Emacs for other
tasks.
Description-md5: be0e96d435686ec8663108b6b25c3ff1
Enhances: emacs, emacs24
Built-Using: dh-elpa (= 0.0.18)
Homepage: https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/async.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu