How To Install elpa-powerline on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-powerline

elpa-powerline is:

Powerline is a library for customizing the mode-line that is based on the Vim Powerline. A collection of predefined themes comes with the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-powerline

Install elpa-powerline Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-powerline

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-powerline

How To Uninstall elpa-powerline on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-powerline

Uninstall elpa-powerline And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-powerline

Remove elpa-powerline Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-powerline

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-powerline have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-powerline website

Summary

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