How To Install elpa-ggtags on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-ggtags

elpa-ggtags is:

A package to integrate the GNU GLOBAL source code tagging system with Emacs.

ggtags is similar to the standard etags package. The keys M-., M-, and C-M-. should work as expected in ggtags-mode.

All commands are available from the Ggtags' menu in ggtags-mode'.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-ggtags

Install elpa-ggtags Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-ggtags

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-ggtags

How To Uninstall elpa-ggtags on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-ggtags

Uninstall elpa-ggtags And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-ggtags

Remove elpa-ggtags Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-ggtags

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-ggtags have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-ggtags website

Summary

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