How To Install elpa-persist on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-persist

elpa-persist is:

This package enables variables that persist across Emacs sessions.

The main entry point is persist-defvar', which behaves like defvar’, but which persists the variables between sessions. Variables are automatically saved when Emacs exits.

Other useful functions are persist-save', which saves the variable immediately, persist-load’, which loads the saved value, and `persist-reset’, which resets a variable to its default value.

Each persistent variable+value pair is stored in a unique file in a subdirectory of ‘user-emacs-directory’.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-persist

Install elpa-persist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-persist

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-persist

How To Uninstall elpa-persist on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-persist

Uninstall elpa-persist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-persist

Remove elpa-persist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-persist

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-persist have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-persist website

Summary

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