How To Install elpa-sesman on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-sesman on Kali Linux. elpa-sesman is session manager for Emacs IDEs

Introduction

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

What is elpa-sesman

elpa-sesman is:

Sesman provides abstractions to associate processes like REPLs to projects, directories and buffers. For example, the Emacs Clojure environment CIDER uses Sesman to associate the REPL process for a project to buffers editing that project’s code.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-sesman

Install elpa-sesman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-sesman

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-sesman

How To Uninstall elpa-sesman on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-sesman

Uninstall elpa-sesman And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-sesman

Remove elpa-sesman Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-sesman

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-sesman have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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