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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "elpa-magit" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install elpa-magit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall elpa-magit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: elpa-magit
Priority: optional
Section: universe/vcs
Installed-Size: 891
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Emacs addons team
Architecture: all
Source: magit
Version: 2.5.0-2
Replaces: magit (<< 2.2.2-3)
Provides: magit
Depends: emacsen-common, git, dash-el, elpa-with-editor, elpa-magit-popup, elpa-git-commit
Breaks: magit (<< 2.2.2-3)
Filename: pool/universe/m/magit/elpa-magit_2.5.0-2_all.deb
Size: 241254
MD5sum: 04ccc5b661692b20e4889c0d819c9092
SHA1: c322d21919c18c9f0a2df47e4268f83e03adf8c3
SHA256: 4d6a3101defc1ad45ce81c02b493bb744e84c002f6cdd477d0fae187d3dc62e4
Description-en: Emacs interface for Git
With Magit, you can inspect and modify your Git repositories with
Emacs. You can review and commit the changes you have made to the
tracked files, for example, and you can browse the history of past
changes. There is support for cherry picking, reverting, merging,
rebasing, and other common Git operations.
Description-md5: 622d35dac27007b3de60043d05b53af4
Homepage: http://magit.vc/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu