How To Install elpa-pdf-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-pdf-tools on Kali Linux.
What is elpa-pdf-tools
elpa-pdf-tools is:
This mode replace DocView for PDF files. The key difference is, that pages are created on-demand and stored in memory.
One can also get all kinds of information about a document, add annotation, copy and paste, follow link…
With synctex one can also get to the tex source of a part of a document.
There are three methods to install elpa-pdf-tools 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-pdf-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-pdf-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-pdf-toolsInstall elpa-pdf-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-pdf-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-pdf-toolsInstall elpa-pdf-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-pdf-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-pdf-toolsHow To Uninstall elpa-pdf-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the elpa-pdf-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-pdf-toolsUninstall elpa-pdf-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-pdf-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-pdf-toolsRemove elpa-pdf-tools Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-pdf-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-pdf-toolsRemove elpa-pdf-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-pdf-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-pdf-toolsDependencies
elpa-pdf-tools have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-pdf-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.