How To Install elpa-cider on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-cider on Kali Linux. elpa-cider is Clojure IDE for Emacs

Introduction

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

What is elpa-cider

elpa-cider is:

CIDER is the Clojure(Script) Interactive Development Environment that Rocks

While clojure-mode provides Emacs support for editing Clojure source files, CIDER’s cider-mode provides support for interacting with a running Clojure process for compilation, debugging, looking up definitions and more.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-cider

Install elpa-cider Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-cider

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-cider

How To Uninstall elpa-cider on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-cider

Uninstall elpa-cider And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-cider

Remove elpa-cider Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-cider

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-cider have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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