How to install emacs-gtk on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)?

In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install emacs-gtk package on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa).


 

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Quick installation of emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install emacs-gtk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2

Package Details

Package:emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2
Version:1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
Description: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 emacs-lucid package).
Distro:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/editors

How to install emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L emacs-gtk
dpkg-query: package 'emacs-gtk' is not installed
Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2:

After system update use the following command to install emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2:

sudo apt-get install emacs-gtk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  emacs-gtk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2

Following command is used to remove the emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove emacs-gtk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2

This will remove emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge emacs-gtk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove emacs-gtk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with emacs-gtk Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.