elpa-diminish software package provides hiding or abbreviation of the mode line displays of minor-modes, you can install in your Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install elpa-diminish
elpa-diminish is installed in your system.
Make ensure the elpa-diminish package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep elpa-diminish *
You will get with elpa-diminish package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 17 04 zesty zapus |
| Section | Lisp |
| Package | elpa-diminish |
| Version | 0.45-1 |
| Description | hiding or abbreviation of the mode line displays of minor-modes |
| Sub Section | Lisp |