How To Install elpa-plz on Debian 12

Learn how to install elpa-plz on Debian 12 with this tutorial. elpa-plz is HTTP library for Emacs

Introduction

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

What is elpa-plz

elpa-plz is:

An HTTP library that uses curl as a backend. Inspired by, and some code copied from, Christopher Wellons’s library, elfeed-curl.el.

Why this package?

  1. `url’ works well for many things, but it has some issues.
  2. `request’ works well for many things, but it has some issues.
  3. Chris Wellons doesn’t have time to factor his excellent elfeed-curl.el library out of Elfeed. This will have to do.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-plz

Install elpa-plz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-plz

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-plz

How To Uninstall elpa-plz on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-plz

Uninstall elpa-plz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-plz

Remove elpa-plz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-plz

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-plz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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