How To Install elpa-git-modes on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-git-modes on Kali Linux. elpa-git-modes is major modes for editing Git configuration files

Introduction

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

What is elpa-git-modes

elpa-git-modes is:

This package provides several major modes for editing Git configuration files. The modes are:

  • gitattributes-mode
  • gitconfig-mode
  • gitignore-mode

Each mode is defined in its own library by the same name. Loading `git-modes’ causes all three libraries to be loaded, but you could also load the libraries individually.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-git-modes

Install elpa-git-modes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-git-modes

Install elpa-git-modes 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-git-modes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-git-modes

How To Uninstall elpa-git-modes on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-git-modes

Uninstall elpa-git-modes And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-git-modes

Remove elpa-git-modes Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-git-modes

Remove elpa-git-modes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-git-modes

Dependencies

elpa-git-modes have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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