How To Install emacs-nox on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is emacs-nox

emacs-nox is:

GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains a version of Emacs compiled without support for X, and provides only a text terminal interface.

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

sudo apt-get -y install emacs-nox

Install emacs-nox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install emacs-nox

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

sudo aptitude -y install emacs-nox

How To Uninstall emacs-nox on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove emacs-nox

Uninstall emacs-nox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs-nox

Remove emacs-nox Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs-nox

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

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

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

Dependencies

emacs-nox have the following dependencies:

• emacs-bin-common

References

• emacs-nox website

Summary

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