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How To Uninstall emacs On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
To uninstall emacs just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add emacsagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just emacs
http://installion.co.uk/ubuntu/trusty/main/e/emacs/uninstall/index.htmlGNU Emacs editor (metapackage)Ubuntu 14.04 LTSeditors45.0ubuntu1sudo apt-get remove emacs
This will remove just the emacs package itself.
Uninstall emacs and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove emacs
This will remove the emacs package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for emacs then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge emacs
Or similarly, like this emacs
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove emacs
Package Data
| Package | emacs |
| Version | 45.0ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer | Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> |
| Description | GNU Emacs editor (metapackage) |
| Distro | ubuntu |
| Release | trusty |
| Repo | main |
| Section | editors |