How To Install elpa-flx-ido on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-flx-ido on Kali Linux.
What is elpa-flx-ido
elpa-flx-ido is:
The flx sorting algorithm for Emacs provides fuzzy matching for completion engines like Ido. It is similar to the fuzzy matching functionality of Sublime Text.
The user can input (i) characters from the beginning of the words of the desired match and (ii) substrings of the desired match. For example, when matching “save-all-buffers”, the user could input “sallb”, and when matching “eval-buffer” the user could input “ebuffer”.
The flx sorting algorithm implements an intelligent trade-off between word beginnings and contiguous substrings when ranking possible matches.
This package allows Emacs Ido to use the flx sorting algorithm.
There are three methods to install elpa-flx-ido 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-flx-ido Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-flx-ido using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-flx-idoInstall elpa-flx-ido Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-flx-ido using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-flx-idoInstall elpa-flx-ido 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-flx-ido using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-flx-idoHow To Uninstall elpa-flx-ido on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the elpa-flx-ido package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-flx-idoUninstall elpa-flx-ido And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-flx-ido and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-flx-idoRemove elpa-flx-ido Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-flx-ido configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-flx-idoRemove elpa-flx-ido configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-flx-ido configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-flx-idoDependencies
elpa-flx-ido have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-flx-ido package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.