How To Install elpa-circe on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-circe
on Debian 11.
What is elpa-circe
elpa-circe is:
Circe is a Client for IRC in Emacs. It integrates well with the rest of the editor, using standard Emacs key bindings and indicating activity in channels in the status bar so it stays out of your way unless you want to use it. Complexity-wise, it is somewhere between rcirc (very minimal) and ERC (very complex).
There are three methods to install elpa-circe
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-circe 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-circe
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-circe
Install elpa-circe Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-circe
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-circe
Install elpa-circe 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-circe
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-circe
How To Uninstall elpa-circe on Debian 11
To uninstall only the elpa-circe
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-circe
Uninstall elpa-circe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-circe
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-circe
Remove elpa-circe Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-circe
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-circe
Remove elpa-circe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-circe
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-circe
Dependencies
elpa-circe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-circe
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.