How To Install elpa-ert-async on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ert-async on Debian 10.
What is elpa-ert-async
elpa-ert-async is:
This library provides the `ert-deftest-async’ function for defining asynchronous tests for Emacs Lisp addon packages. The user supplies a list of callbacks, and the test fails if it is not the case that all of the callbacks have been called after a defined number of seconds.
See the GNU Emacs documentation for general information on writing test suites with ERT.
There are three methods to install elpa-ert-async 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-ert-async 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-ert-async using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-ert-async
Install elpa-ert-async Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-ert-async using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-ert-async
Install elpa-ert-async 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-ert-async using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-ert-async
How To Uninstall elpa-ert-async on Debian 10
To uninstall only the elpa-ert-async package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-ert-async
Uninstall elpa-ert-async And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-ert-async and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-ert-async
Remove elpa-ert-async Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-ert-async configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-ert-async
Remove elpa-ert-async configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-ert-async configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-ert-async
Dependencies
elpa-ert-async have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-ert-async package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.