How To Install windows-el on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install windows-el on Kali Linux.

What is windows-el

windows-el is:

windows.el allows you to switch between window configurations in emacs, providing behaviour similar to virtual desktops that is common in several window managers. In addition, you can save window configurations to a file and restore them at a later time.

There are three methods to install windows-el 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 windows-el Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install windows-el

Install windows-el Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install windows-el

Install windows-el 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 windows-el using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install windows-el

How To Uninstall windows-el on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the windows-el package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove windows-el

Uninstall windows-el And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove windows-el

Remove windows-el Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge windows-el

Remove windows-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge windows-el

Dependencies

windows-el have the following dependencies:

• emacs

References

• windows-el website

Summary

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