How To Install elpa-eproject on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-eproject on Kali Linux. elpa-eproject is assign files to Emacs projects, programmatically

Introduction

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

What is elpa-eproject

elpa-eproject is:

Eproject is a minor-mode that allows the grouping of related files as projects. It aims to be as unobtrusive as possible – no new files are created (or required to exist) on disk, and buffers that are not a member of a project are not affected in any way. Where ‘auto-mode-alist activates MODE for FILE-REGEX, Eproject activates PROJECT-TYPE for FILES-IN-DIRECTORY, when PROJECT-TYPE-DEFINITION is true. It also creates a customisable hook that is run whenever a file belonging to a project is visited.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-eproject

Install elpa-eproject Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-eproject

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-eproject

How To Uninstall elpa-eproject on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-eproject

Uninstall elpa-eproject And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-eproject

Remove elpa-eproject Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-eproject

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-eproject have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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