How To Install emacs-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-common on Kali Linux. emacs-common is GNU Emacs editors shared, architecture independent infrastructure

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-common on Kali Linux.

What is emacs-common

emacs-common is:

GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains the architecture independent infrastructure that’s shared by emacs-gtk, emacs-lucid, and emacs-nox.

There are three methods to install emacs-common 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 emacs-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install emacs-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emacs-common

Install emacs-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install emacs-common

Install emacs-common 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 emacs-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emacs-common

How To Uninstall emacs-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the emacs-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emacs-common

Uninstall emacs-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-common

Remove emacs-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-common

Remove emacs-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs-common

Dependencies

emacs-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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