How To Install elpa-password-store on Debian 12

Learn how to install elpa-password-store on Debian 12 with this tutorial. elpa-password-store is Emacs support for the lightweight directory-based password manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-password-store on Debian 12.

What is elpa-password-store

elpa-password-store is:

Stores, retrieves, generates, and synchronizes passwords securely using gpg and git in Emacs.

There are three methods to install elpa-password-store on Debian 12. 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-password-store 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-password-store using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-password-store

Install elpa-password-store Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-password-store

Install elpa-password-store Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-password-store

How To Uninstall elpa-password-store on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-password-store

Uninstall elpa-password-store And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-password-store and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-password-store

Remove elpa-password-store Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-password-store configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-password-store

Remove elpa-password-store configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-password-store

Dependencies

elpa-password-store have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-password-store package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.