How To Install elpa-dimmer on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-dimmer on Debian 12.
What is elpa-dimmer
elpa-dimmer is:
This package provides a minor mode that indicates which buffer is currently active by dimming the faces in the other buffers. It does this nondestructively, and computes the dimmed faces dynamically such that your overall color scheme is shown in a muted form without requiring you to define what is a “dim” version of every face.
dimmer.el can be configured to adjust foreground colors (default), background colors, or both.
There are three methods to install elpa-dimmer 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-dimmer 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-dimmer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-dimmer
Install elpa-dimmer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-dimmer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-dimmer
Install elpa-dimmer 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-dimmer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-dimmer
How To Uninstall elpa-dimmer on Debian 12
To uninstall only the elpa-dimmer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-dimmer
Uninstall elpa-dimmer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-dimmer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-dimmer
Remove elpa-dimmer Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-dimmer configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-dimmer
Remove elpa-dimmer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-dimmer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-dimmer
Dependencies
elpa-dimmer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-dimmer package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
