How To Install elpa-company on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-company on Kali Linux. elpa-company is Modular in-buffer completion framework for Emacs

Introduction

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

What is elpa-company

elpa-company is:

Company is a text completion framework for Emacs. The name stands for “complete anything”. It uses pluggable back-ends and front-ends to retrieve and display completion candidates.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-company

Install elpa-company Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-company

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-company

How To Uninstall elpa-company on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-company

Uninstall elpa-company And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-company

Remove elpa-company Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-company

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-company have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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