How To Install elpa-popup on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-popup on Debian 11. elpa-popup is visual popup user interface library for Emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-popup on Debian 11.

What is elpa-popup

elpa-popup is:

popup.el is a visual popup user interface library for Emacs. It provides common UI widgets such as popup tooltips and popup menus.

There are three methods to install elpa-popup on Debian 11. 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-popup 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-popup using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-popup

Install elpa-popup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-popup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-popup

Install elpa-popup 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-popup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-popup

How To Uninstall elpa-popup on Debian 11

To uninstall only the elpa-popup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-popup

Uninstall elpa-popup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-popup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-popup

Remove elpa-popup Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-popup configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-popup

Remove elpa-popup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-popup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-popup

Dependencies

elpa-popup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-popup package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.