How To Install elpa-helm-core on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helm-core on Debian 9. elpa-helm-core is Emacs Helm library files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helm-core on Debian 9.

What is elpa-helm-core

elpa-helm-core is:

This package provides library Emacs Lisp files used by the elpa-helm package, and by Emacs Lisp addons that depend on Helm.

Please see the description & documentation for the elpa-helm package for more information.

There are three methods to install elpa-helm-core on Debian 9. 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-helm-core 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-helm-core using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-helm-core

Install elpa-helm-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-helm-core

Install elpa-helm-core 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-helm-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-helm-core

How To Uninstall elpa-helm-core on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-helm-core

Uninstall elpa-helm-core And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-helm-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-helm-core

Remove elpa-helm-core Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-helm-core configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-helm-core

Remove elpa-helm-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-helm-core

Dependencies

elpa-helm-core have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helm-core package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.