How To Install elpa-helm on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helm on Kali Linux.
What is elpa-helm
elpa-helm is:
Helm is incremental completion and selection narrowing framework for Emacs. It will help steer you in the right direction when you’re looking for stuff in Emacs (like buffers, files, etc).
Helm is a fork of anything.el originally written by Tamas Patrovic and can be considered to be its successor. Helm sets out to clean up the legacy code in anything.el and provide a cleaner, leaner and more modular tool, that’s not tied in the trap of backward compatibility.
There are three methods to install elpa-helm 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-helm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-helm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-helmInstall elpa-helm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-helm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-helmInstall elpa-helm 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install elpa-helm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-helmHow To Uninstall elpa-helm on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the elpa-helm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-helmUninstall elpa-helm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-helm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-helmRemove elpa-helm Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-helm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-helmRemove elpa-helm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-helm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-helmDependencies
elpa-helm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-helm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
