How To Install elpa-atomic-chrome on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-atomic-chrome on Debian 12.
What is elpa-atomic-chrome
elpa-atomic-chrome is:
Atomic Chrome is an extension for the Chromium and Google Chrome browsers that allows one to edit text entry areas of a web-page in Emacs. Atomic Chrome for Emacs also supports the use of GhostText Chromium and Chrome extension.
This package is similar to “Edit with Emacs”; however, it features two advantages over this alternative as a result of its websocket design:
- Live update: The text entry area for which Atomic Chrome has been activated and its associated Emacs buffer are synchronised. Updates to one continuously propagate to the other.
- Bidirectional communication: Edit text in either the browser or Emacs and difference is applied to the other half.
Firefox is also supported via the GhostText browser addon.
There are three methods to install elpa-atomic-chrome on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elpa-atomic-chrome Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-atomic-chrome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-atomic-chrome
Install elpa-atomic-chrome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-atomic-chrome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-atomic-chrome
Install elpa-atomic-chrome Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-atomic-chrome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-atomic-chrome
How To Uninstall elpa-atomic-chrome on Debian 12
To uninstall only the elpa-atomic-chrome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-atomic-chrome
Uninstall elpa-atomic-chrome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-atomic-chrome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-atomic-chrome
Remove elpa-atomic-chrome Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-atomic-chrome configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-atomic-chrome
Remove elpa-atomic-chrome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-atomic-chrome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-atomic-chrome
Dependencies
elpa-atomic-chrome have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-atomic-chrome package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
