How To Install elpa-counsel on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-counsel
on Debian 10.
What is elpa-counsel
elpa-counsel is:
Counsel is a collection of Ivy-enhanced versions of common Emacs commands. Call one of the interactive functions in this file to complete the corresponding thing using Ivy.
Currently available:
- Symbol completion for Elisp, Common Lisp, Python and Clojure.
- Describe functions for Elisp: function, variable, library, command, bindings, theme.
- Navigation functions: imenu, ace-line, semantic, outline
- Git utilities: git-files, git-grep, git-log, git-stash.
- Full-text search utitilies: grep, ag, pt, recoll.
- System utilities: process list, rhythmbox, linux-app.
- Many more…
Counsel is an alternative to Anything and Helm.
There are three methods to install elpa-counsel
on Debian 10. 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-counsel 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-counsel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-counsel
Install elpa-counsel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-counsel
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-counsel
Install elpa-counsel 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-counsel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-counsel
How To Uninstall elpa-counsel on Debian 10
To uninstall only the elpa-counsel
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-counsel
Uninstall elpa-counsel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-counsel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-counsel
Remove elpa-counsel Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-counsel
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-counsel
Remove elpa-counsel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-counsel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-counsel
Dependencies
elpa-counsel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-counsel
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.