How To Install emacs-jabber on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is emacs-jabber

emacs-jabber is:

The emacs-jabber addon has been elpafied. This dummy package helps ease transition from emacs-jabber to elpa-jabber.

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

sudo apt-get -y install emacs-jabber

Install emacs-jabber Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install emacs-jabber

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

sudo aptitude -y install emacs-jabber

How To Uninstall emacs-jabber on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove emacs-jabber

Uninstall emacs-jabber And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-jabber

Remove emacs-jabber Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-jabber

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

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

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

Dependencies

emacs-jabber have the following dependencies:

• elpa-jabber

References

• emacs-jabber website

Summary

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