How To Install emacs-common-non-dfsg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-common-non-dfsg on Kali Linux. emacs-common-non-dfsg is GNU Emacs common non-DFSG items, including the core documentation

Introduction

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

What is emacs-common-non-dfsg

emacs-common-non-dfsg is:

This package includes the core Emacs documentation: the Emacs Info pages, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, and the Emacs Lisp Intro.

GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains the architecture independent infrastructure that is not compliant with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. In particular, this includes some of the GNU Emacs info pages, as they are covered under the GFDL, and specify invariant sections. See http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001 for more information.

There are three methods to install emacs-common-non-dfsg 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-non-dfsg 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-non-dfsg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emacs-common-non-dfsg

Install emacs-common-non-dfsg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install emacs-common-non-dfsg

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

sudo aptitude -y install emacs-common-non-dfsg

How To Uninstall emacs-common-non-dfsg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove emacs-common-non-dfsg

Uninstall emacs-common-non-dfsg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-common-non-dfsg

Remove emacs-common-non-dfsg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-common-non-dfsg

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

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

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

Dependencies

emacs-common-non-dfsg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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