How To Install elpa-system-packages on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-system-packages

elpa-system-packages is:

This is a package to manage installed system packages. Useful functions include installing packages, removing packages, listing installed packages, and others.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-system-packages

Install elpa-system-packages Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-system-packages

Install elpa-system-packages 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-system-packages using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-system-packages

How To Uninstall elpa-system-packages on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-system-packages

Uninstall elpa-system-packages And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-system-packages

Remove elpa-system-packages Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-system-packages

Remove elpa-system-packages configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-system-packages

Dependencies

elpa-system-packages have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-system-packages website

Summary

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