How to Install and Uninstall emacs Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "emacs" package

This tutorial shows how to install emacs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                emacs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "emacs" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall emacs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: emacs
Priority: optional
Section: editors
Installed-Size: 25
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rob Browning
Architecture: all
Source: emacs-defaults
Version: 46.1
Depends: emacs24 | emacs24-lucid | emacs24-nox
Filename: pool/main/e/emacs-defaults/emacs_46.1_all.deb
Size: 1692
MD5sum: 766eb2cee55ba0122dac64c4cea04445
SHA1: 9271bcec53c1f7373902b1e594d9fc0359616407
SHA256: d172289b9a1608820eddad85c7ffc15f346a6e755c3120de0f64739c4bbc44ce
Description-en: GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.
This is a metapackage that will always depend on the latest
recommended Emacs release.
Description-md5: 21fb7da111336097a2378959f6d6e6a8
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-usb