How To Install elpa-ledger on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-ledger

elpa-ledger is:

Ledger is a powerful and flexible double-entry accounting system run entirely from the command line. Your accounts ledger is stored in one or more plain-text files with a very simple and readable format, and ledger does the hard work of balancing your books and reporting.

This package provides the emacs interface.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-ledger

Install elpa-ledger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-ledger

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-ledger

How To Uninstall elpa-ledger on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-ledger

Uninstall elpa-ledger And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-ledger

Remove elpa-ledger Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-ledger

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-ledger have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-ledger website

Summary

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