How To Install elpa-weechat on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-weechat on Debian 11. elpa-weechat is Chat via WeeChats relay protocol in Emacs.

Introduction

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

What is elpa-weechat

elpa-weechat is:

WeeChat is a fast and light chat client that supports IRC and XMPP, weechat-el can remote control a weechat instance on localhost or on another host, and can use ssl to secure the connection to weechat.

There are three methods to install elpa-weechat 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-weechat 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-weechat using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-weechat

Install elpa-weechat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-weechat

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-weechat

How To Uninstall elpa-weechat on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-weechat

Uninstall elpa-weechat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-weechat

Remove elpa-weechat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-weechat

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-weechat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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