How To Install elpa-xcscope on Debian 12

Learn how to install elpa-xcscope on Debian 12 with this tutorial. elpa-xcscope is Interactively examine a C program source in emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-xcscope on Debian 12.

What is elpa-xcscope

elpa-xcscope is:

Cscope is a program that generates index tables from C and C++ source files. It is also a client program that knows how to use the generated index tables to answer questions such as where is a symbol defined, where is a symbol referenced, etc.

elpa-xcscope contains the Emacs interfaces to cscope

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-xcscope

Install elpa-xcscope Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-xcscope

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-xcscope

How To Uninstall elpa-xcscope on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-xcscope

Uninstall elpa-xcscope And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-xcscope and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-xcscope

Remove elpa-xcscope Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-xcscope configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-xcscope

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-xcscope have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-xcscope package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.