How To Install elpa-helpful on Debian 10

Learn how to install elpa-helpful on Debian 10 with this tutorial. elpa-helpful is better help buffer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helpful on Debian 10.

What is `elpa-helpful`

elpa-helpful is:

Helpful is a replacement for help buffers that provides much more contextual information.

Helpful features view of source code, callers, interactive functions, keymaps, aliases. It provides prettier docstrings, symbol properties displaying. Also it supports trace, debug or disassemble functions from inside of helpful itself.

There are three methods to install elpa-helpful on Debian 10. 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-helpful 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-helpful using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-helpful

Install elpa-helpful Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-helpful

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-helpful

How To Uninstall elpa-helpful on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-helpful

Uninstall elpa-helpful And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-helpful and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-helpful

Remove elpa-helpful Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-helpful configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-helpful

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-helpful have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helpful package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.