How To Install elpa-pos-tip on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-pos-tip

elpa-pos-tip is:

Provides functions to locate tooltips at arbitrary Emacs buffer position.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-pos-tip

Install elpa-pos-tip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-pos-tip

Install elpa-pos-tip 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-pos-tip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-pos-tip

How To Uninstall elpa-pos-tip on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-pos-tip

Uninstall elpa-pos-tip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-pos-tip

Remove elpa-pos-tip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-pos-tip

Remove elpa-pos-tip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-pos-tip

Dependencies

elpa-pos-tip have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-pos-tip website

Summary

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