How To Install elpa-tabbar on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-tabbar

elpa-tabbar is:

This library provides the Tabbar global minor mode which displays a tab bar in the header line of Emacs. Click on a tab to select it. Three buttons are displayed on the left side of the tab bar in this order: “home”, “scroll left”, and “scroll right” buttons. The “home” button is used to change something on the tab bar. The scroll left and scroll right buttons are used to scroll tabs horizontally. Tabs can be grouped to maintain several sets of tabs at the same time. Only one group is displayed on the tab bar, and the “home” button is used to switch between the tab bar groups.

While the mouse is usually the preferred way to work with the tab bar, it is also keyboard-accessible.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-tabbar

Install elpa-tabbar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-tabbar

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-tabbar

How To Uninstall elpa-tabbar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-tabbar

Uninstall elpa-tabbar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-tabbar

Remove elpa-tabbar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-tabbar

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-tabbar have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-tabbar website

Summary

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