How To Install elpa-minimap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-minimap

elpa-minimap is:

This package is an implementation of a minimap sidebar, i.e., a smaller display of the current buffer on the left side. It highlights the currently shown region and updates its position automatically. You can navigate in the minibar by dragging the active region with the mouse, which will scroll the corresponding edit buffer. Additionally, you can overlay information from the tags gathered by CEDET’s semantic analyzer.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-minimap

Install elpa-minimap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-minimap

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-minimap

How To Uninstall elpa-minimap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-minimap

Uninstall elpa-minimap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-minimap

Remove elpa-minimap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-minimap

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-minimap have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-minimap website

Summary

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