How To Install elpa-memoize on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-memoize

elpa-memoize is:

This package provides memoization functions. `memoize’ accepts a symbol or a function. When given a symbol, the symbol’s function definition is memoized and installed overtop of the original function definition. When given a function, it returns a memoized version of that function.

Memoization takes up memory, which should be freed at some point. Because of this, all memoization has a timeout from when the last access was.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-memoize

Install elpa-memoize Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-memoize

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-memoize

How To Uninstall elpa-memoize on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-memoize

Uninstall elpa-memoize And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-memoize

Remove elpa-memoize Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-memoize

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-memoize have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-memoize website

Summary

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