How To Install elpa-browse-kill-ring on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-browse-kill-ring on Kali Linux.

What is elpa-browse-kill-ring

elpa-browse-kill-ring is:

Ever feel that ‘C-y M-y M-y M-y …’ is not a great way of trying to find that piece of text you know you killed a while back? Then browse-kill-ring.el is for you.

Note that the command keeps track of the last window displayed to handle insertion of chosen text; this might have unexpected consequences if you do ‘M-x browse-kill-ring’, then switch your window configuration, and try to use the same Kill Ring buffer again.

There are three methods to install elpa-browse-kill-ring 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 elpa-browse-kill-ring Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-browse-kill-ring using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-browse-kill-ring

Install elpa-browse-kill-ring Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install elpa-browse-kill-ring using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install elpa-browse-kill-ring

Install elpa-browse-kill-ring 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 elpa-browse-kill-ring using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-browse-kill-ring

How To Uninstall elpa-browse-kill-ring on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the elpa-browse-kill-ring package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-browse-kill-ring

Uninstall elpa-browse-kill-ring And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elpa-browse-kill-ring and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-browse-kill-ring

Remove elpa-browse-kill-ring Configurations and Data

To remove elpa-browse-kill-ring configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-browse-kill-ring

Remove elpa-browse-kill-ring configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove elpa-browse-kill-ring configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-browse-kill-ring

Dependencies

elpa-browse-kill-ring have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-browse-kill-ring website

Summary

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