How To Install elpa-dimmer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-dimmer

elpa-dimmer is:

This package provides a minor mode that indicates which buffer is currently active by dimming the faces in the other buffers. It does this nondestructively, and computes the dimmed faces dynamically such that your overall color scheme is shown in a muted form without requiring you to define what is a “dim” version of every face.

dimmer.el can be configured to adjust foreground colors (default), background colors, or both.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-dimmer

Install elpa-dimmer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-dimmer

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-dimmer

How To Uninstall elpa-dimmer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-dimmer

Uninstall elpa-dimmer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-dimmer

Remove elpa-dimmer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-dimmer

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-dimmer have the following dependencies:

• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-dimmer website

Summary

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