How To Install elpa-git-annex on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-git-annex

elpa-git-annex is:

This Emacs addon enhances dired and read-only-mode to be more useful in git-annex repositories.

In dired, long annex symlinks are replaced by the name of the file, coloured green. There are also keybindings to execute the add and edit git-annex subcommands.

In read-only-mode, C-x C-q will execute git annex edit, and killing the buffer will call git annex add && git commit -m Updated.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-git-annex

Install elpa-git-annex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-git-annex

Install elpa-git-annex 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-git-annex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-git-annex

How To Uninstall elpa-git-annex on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-git-annex

Uninstall elpa-git-annex And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-git-annex

Remove elpa-git-annex Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-git-annex

Remove elpa-git-annex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-git-annex

Dependencies

elpa-git-annex have the following dependencies:

• emacsen-common
• git-annex
• dh-elpa-helper

References

• elpa-git-annex website

Summary

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