How To Install elpa-circe on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 elpa-circe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-circe

How To Uninstall elpa-circe on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-circe website

Summary

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