How To Install elpa-session on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-session on Debian 12.
What is elpa-session
elpa-session is:
When you start Emacs, package Session restores various variables (e.g., input histories) from your last session. It also provides a menu containing recently changed/visited files and restores the places (e.g., point) of such a file when you revisit it.
There are three methods to install elpa-session 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-session 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-session using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-session
Install elpa-session Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-session using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-session
Install elpa-session 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-session using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-session
How To Uninstall elpa-session on Debian 12
To uninstall only the elpa-session package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-session
Uninstall elpa-session And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-session and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-session
Remove elpa-session Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-session configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-session
Remove elpa-session configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-session configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-session
Dependencies
elpa-session have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-session package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
