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

Last updated: March 28,2024

1. Install "emacs-nox" package

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

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install emacs-nox

2. Uninstall "emacs-nox" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall emacs-nox on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove emacs-nox $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the emacs-nox package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: emacs-nox
Priority: optional
Section: universe/editors
Installed-Size: 25
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rob Browning
Architecture: all
Source: emacs-defaults
Version: 46.1
Depends: emacs24-nox
Filename: pool/universe/e/emacs-defaults/emacs-nox_46.1_all.deb
Size: 1700
MD5sum: f0b65bca0914dca3947b11c77176e436
SHA1: 10980f36cf1706aa6ca28b40182386abe4421e9b
SHA256: bc21bd1ee7a6b3bfa2414ccbfa1c1b9f29b807f65297cd8a230479fc9d059d40
Description-en: GNU Emacs editor (metapackage, without X support)
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.
This is a metapackage that will always depend on the latest
recommended Emacs release, without support for X.
Description-md5: 948b6cf34c11bb622035c56f70f707e2
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu