How To Install elpa-paredit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-paredit

elpa-paredit is:

Paredit mode instruments several common keybindings to automatically balance all parentheses and respect the structure of S-expressions; it also provides numerous high-level operations to change the structure of lists.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-paredit

Install elpa-paredit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-paredit

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-paredit

How To Uninstall elpa-paredit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-paredit

Uninstall elpa-paredit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-paredit

Remove elpa-paredit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-paredit

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-paredit have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-paredit website

Summary

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