How To Install elpa-dired-rsync on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-dired-rsync on Kali Linux. elpa-dired-rsync is support for rsync from Emacs dired buffers

Introduction

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

What is elpa-dired-rsync

elpa-dired-rsync is:

This package adds a single command dired-rsync which allows the user to copy marked files in a dired buffer via rsync. This is useful, especially for large files, because the copy happens in the background and doesn??t lock up Emacs. It is also more efficient than using TRAMP’s own encoding methods for moving data between systems.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-dired-rsync

Install elpa-dired-rsync Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-dired-rsync

Install elpa-dired-rsync 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-dired-rsync using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-dired-rsync

How To Uninstall elpa-dired-rsync on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-dired-rsync

Uninstall elpa-dired-rsync And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-dired-rsync

Remove elpa-dired-rsync Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-dired-rsync

Remove elpa-dired-rsync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-dired-rsync

Dependencies

elpa-dired-rsync have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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