How To Install elpa-mailscripts on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-mailscripts

elpa-mailscripts is:

This package adds to Emacs functions to access tools in the mailscripts package from Emacs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-mailscripts

Install elpa-mailscripts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-mailscripts

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-mailscripts

How To Uninstall elpa-mailscripts on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-mailscripts

Uninstall elpa-mailscripts And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-mailscripts

Remove elpa-mailscripts Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-mailscripts

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-mailscripts have the following dependencies:

• emacsen-common
• mailscripts
• elpa-notmuch
• dh-elpa-helper

References

• elpa-mailscripts website

Summary

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