How to Install and Uninstall emacs24 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "emacs24" package

Please follow the steps below to install emacs24 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                emacs24
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "emacs24" package

Learn how to uninstall emacs24 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                emacs24
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the emacs24 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: emacs24
Architecture: amd64
Version: 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1
Priority: optional
Section: editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rob Browning
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 17405
Provides: editor, emacsen, info-browser, mail-reader, news-reader
Depends: emacs24-bin-common (= 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1), gconf-service, libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.16), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgconf-2-4 (>= 3.2.5), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.3.16), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libm17n-0 (>= 1.6.1), libmagickcore-6.q16-2 (>= 8:6.8.8.2), libmagickwand-6.q16-2 (>= 8:6.8.8.2), libotf0 (>= 0.9.11), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsm6, libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxpm4, libxrender1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Conflicts: emacs24-lucid, emacs24-nox
Replaces: emacs24-lucid, emacs24-nox
Filename: pool/main/e/emacs24/emacs24_24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 3351922
MD5sum: 02b79e47e1ff42c0ac69794867259eec
SHA1: a09a79b4bf75689d6e542edcac35d91d2100f80f
SHA256: c8c64770db42d2aaddef05346c2c071cdb1c98f93252e007ad56471e48bb30bb
SHA512: 7c67e692aa90dd83d09bd4bd38e0661258a299724b451d60460a46b23498ea35d591f47c6b56df7506fe3fac394fda6fcc78009b4357a1309b71060a7fb65948
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
Description-en: GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support)
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This
package contains a version of Emacs with a graphical user interface
based on GTK+ (instead of the Lucid toolkit provided by the
emacs24-lucid package).
Description-md5: 535c6981f6790117692dfc1f9281a048
Task: ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-usb
Supported: 5y

Package: emacs24
Priority: optional
Section: editors
Installed-Size: 17405
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rob Browning
Architecture: amd64
Version: 24.5+1-6ubuntu1
Replaces: emacs24-lucid, emacs24-nox
Provides: editor, emacsen, info-browser, mail-reader, news-reader
Depends: emacs24-bin-common (= 24.5+1-6ubuntu1), gconf-service, libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.16), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgconf-2-4 (>= 3.2.5), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.3.16), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libm17n-0 (>= 1.6.1), libmagickcore-6.q16-2 (>= 8:6.8.8.2), libmagickwand-6.q16-2 (>= 8:6.8.8.2), libotf0 (>= 0.9.11), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsm6, libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libx11-6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxpm4, libxrender1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Conflicts: emacs24-lucid, emacs24-nox
Filename: pool/main/e/emacs24/emacs24_24.5+1-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 3369460
MD5sum: 25db5a12ee1f8aa1457c25706afa5a6d
SHA1: 835e59a1967bea87955c3ae93de03f85529c368d
SHA256: 74f7564483138ad3b93b9262647509476311171df5954f270481f12e229f34f8
Description-en: GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support)
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This
package contains a version of Emacs with a graphical user interface
based on GTK+ (instead of the Lucid toolkit provided by the
emacs24-lucid package).
Description-md5: 535c6981f6790117692dfc1f9281a048
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-usb