How To Install elpa-bash-completion on Debian 12

Learn how to install elpa-bash-completion on Debian 12 with this tutorial. elpa-bash-completion is add programmable bash completion to Emacs shell-mode

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-bash-completion on Debian 12.

What is elpa-bash-completion

elpa-bash-completion is:

bash-completion.el defines dynamic completion hooks for shell-mode and shell-command prompts that is based on bash completion.

Bash completion for Emacs:

  • is aware of bash builtins, aliases and functions
  • does file expansion inside of colon-separated variables and after redirections (> or <)
  • escapes special characters when expanding file names
  • is configurable through programmable bash completion
  • works on remote shells, through TRAMP.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-bash-completion

Install elpa-bash-completion Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-bash-completion

Install elpa-bash-completion 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-bash-completion using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-bash-completion

How To Uninstall elpa-bash-completion on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-bash-completion

Uninstall elpa-bash-completion And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-bash-completion and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-bash-completion

Remove elpa-bash-completion Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-bash-completion configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-bash-completion

Remove elpa-bash-completion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-bash-completion

Dependencies

elpa-bash-completion have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-bash-completion package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.