How To Install elpa-pdf-tools-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-pdf-tools-server on Kali Linux.

What is elpa-pdf-tools-server

elpa-pdf-tools-server is:

This package contain the server needed by elpa-pdf-tools to transform pdf into png to be displayed by Emacs.

You probably need it only for elpa-pdf-tools

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-pdf-tools-server

Install elpa-pdf-tools-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-pdf-tools-server

Install elpa-pdf-tools-server 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-pdf-tools-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-pdf-tools-server

How To Uninstall elpa-pdf-tools-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the elpa-pdf-tools-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-pdf-tools-server

Uninstall elpa-pdf-tools-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-pdf-tools-server

Remove elpa-pdf-tools-server Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-pdf-tools-server

Remove elpa-pdf-tools-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-pdf-tools-server

Dependencies

elpa-pdf-tools-server have the following dependencies:

• libpoppler-glib8
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libglib2.0-0
• libpng16-16
• libpoppler102
• libsynctex2

References

• elpa-pdf-tools-server website

Summary

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