How To Install elpa-relint on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-relint on Debian 12.
What is elpa-relint
elpa-relint is:
Relint scans Emacs Lisp files for mistakes in regexps, including deprecated syntax and bad practice. It also checks the regexp-like arguments to skip-chars-forward, skip-chars-backward, skip-syntax-forward and skip-syntax-backward.
There are three methods to install elpa-relint 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-relint 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-relint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-relint
Install elpa-relint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-relint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-relint
Install elpa-relint 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-relint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-relint
How To Uninstall elpa-relint on Debian 12
To uninstall only the elpa-relint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-relint
Uninstall elpa-relint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-relint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-relint
Remove elpa-relint Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-relint configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-relint
Remove elpa-relint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-relint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-relint
Dependencies
elpa-relint have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-relint package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
