How To Install dh-make-elpa on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-make-elpa on Kali Linux.

What is dh-make-elpa

dh-make-elpa is:

dh-make-elpa will try to create the files required to build a Debian source package from an unpacked GNU Emacs ELPA package. The source packages produced are suitable for building with the dh_elpa tool.

There are three methods to install dh-make-elpa 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 dh-make-elpa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-make-elpa

Install dh-make-elpa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dh-make-elpa

Install dh-make-elpa 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 dh-make-elpa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-make-elpa

How To Uninstall dh-make-elpa on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dh-make-elpa

Uninstall dh-make-elpa And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-make-elpa

Remove dh-make-elpa Configurations and Data

To remove dh-make-elpa configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-make-elpa

Remove dh-make-elpa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-make-elpa

Dependencies

dh-make-elpa have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• dh-make-elpa website

Summary

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