How To Install elpa-buttercup on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-buttercup on Kali Linux. elpa-buttercup is behaviour-driven testing for Emacs Lisp packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-buttercup on Kali Linux.

What is elpa-buttercup

elpa-buttercup is:

Buttercup is a behavior-driven development framework for testing Emacs Lisp code. It allows the programmer to group related tests so they can share common set-up and tear-down code, and it allows the programmer to spy on functions to ensure they are called with the right arguments during testing.

The testing framework is inspired by the Jasmine JavaScript test framework.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-buttercup

Install elpa-buttercup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-buttercup

Install elpa-buttercup 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-buttercup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-buttercup

How To Uninstall elpa-buttercup on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the elpa-buttercup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove elpa-buttercup

Uninstall elpa-buttercup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-buttercup

Remove elpa-buttercup Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-buttercup

Remove elpa-buttercup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-buttercup

Dependencies

elpa-buttercup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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