How To Install devscripts-el on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install devscripts-el on Kali Linux.

What is devscripts-el

devscripts-el is:

The devscripts-el emacs addon has been elpafied. This dummy package helps ease transition from devscripts-el to elpa-devscripts-el.

There are three methods to install devscripts-el on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install devscripts-el Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install devscripts-el using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install devscripts-el

Install devscripts-el Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install devscripts-el

Install devscripts-el Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install devscripts-el using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install devscripts-el

How To Uninstall devscripts-el on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the devscripts-el package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove devscripts-el

Uninstall devscripts-el And Its Dependencies

To uninstall devscripts-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove devscripts-el

Remove devscripts-el Configurations and Data

To remove devscripts-el configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge devscripts-el

Remove devscripts-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devscripts-el

Dependencies

devscripts-el have the following dependencies:

• elpa-devscripts

References

• devscripts-el website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install devscripts-el package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.