How To Install elpa-deferred on Debian 12

Introduction

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

What is elpa-deferred

elpa-deferred is:

It is a simple library for asynchronous tasks.

The API is almost the same as JSDeferred (by cho45) and Mochikit.Async (by Bob Ippolito) in JavaScript.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-deferred

Install elpa-deferred Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-deferred

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-deferred

How To Uninstall elpa-deferred on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-deferred

Uninstall elpa-deferred And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-deferred

Remove elpa-deferred Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-deferred

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-deferred have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-deferred website
• elpa-deferred on packages.debian.org

Summary

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