How To Install elpa-esh-help on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-esh-help on Kali Linux. elpa-esh-help is add some help functions and support for Eshell

Introduction

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

What is elpa-esh-help

elpa-esh-help is:

This library adds the following help functions and support for Eshell:

  • run-help function inspired by Zsh
  • eldoc support

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-esh-help

Install elpa-esh-help Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-esh-help

Install elpa-esh-help 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-esh-help using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-esh-help

How To Uninstall elpa-esh-help on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-esh-help

Uninstall elpa-esh-help And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-esh-help

Remove elpa-esh-help Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-esh-help

Remove elpa-esh-help configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-esh-help

Dependencies

elpa-esh-help have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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