How To Install elpa-posframe on Debian 12

Learn how to install elpa-posframe on Debian 12 with this tutorial. elpa-posframe is Emacs library to Pop a frame at point

Introduction

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

What is elpa-posframe

elpa-posframe is:

Posframe can pop up a frame at point, this posframe is a child-frame connected to its root window’s buffer.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-posframe

Install elpa-posframe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-posframe

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-posframe

How To Uninstall elpa-posframe on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-posframe

Uninstall elpa-posframe And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-posframe

Remove elpa-posframe Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-posframe

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-posframe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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