How To Install elpa-helpful on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helpful on Debian 12.
What is elpa-helpful
elpa-helpful is:
Helpful is a replacement for help buffers that provides much more contextual information.
Helpful features view of source code, callers, interactive functions, keymaps, aliases. It provides prettier docstrings, symbol properties displaying. Also it supports trace, debug or disassemble functions from inside of helpful itself.
There are three methods to install elpa-helpful 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-helpful 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-helpful using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-helpful
Install elpa-helpful Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-helpful using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-helpful
Install elpa-helpful 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-helpful using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-helpful
How To Uninstall elpa-helpful on Debian 12
To uninstall only the elpa-helpful package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-helpful
Uninstall elpa-helpful And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-helpful and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-helpful
Remove elpa-helpful Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-helpful configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-helpful
Remove elpa-helpful configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-helpful configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-helpful
Dependencies
elpa-helpful have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helpful package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
