How To Install elpa-debpaste on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-debpaste

elpa-debpaste is:

This package provides an Emacs interface for receiving, posting and deleting pastes from http://paste.debian.net/.

Basic interactive commands:

• `debpaste-display-paste',
• `debpaste-paste-region',
• `debpaste-delete-paste'.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-debpaste

Install elpa-debpaste Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-debpaste

Install elpa-debpaste 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-debpaste using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-debpaste

How To Uninstall elpa-debpaste on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-debpaste

Uninstall elpa-debpaste And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-debpaste

Remove elpa-debpaste Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-debpaste

Remove elpa-debpaste configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-debpaste

Dependencies

elpa-debpaste have the following dependencies:

• elpa-xml-rpc
• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-debpaste website

Summary

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