How To Install elpa-magit-popup on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-magit-popup on Kali Linux. elpa-magit-popup is Use popup like Magit

Introduction

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

What is elpa-magit-popup

elpa-magit-popup is:

This package implements a generic interface for toggling switches and setting options and then invoking an Emacs command which does something with these arguments. The prototypical use is for the command to call an external process, passing on the arguments as command line arguments. But this is only one of many possible uses (though the one this library is optimized for).

This package has been superseded by Transient. No new features will be added but bugs will be fixes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-magit-popup

Install elpa-magit-popup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-magit-popup

Install elpa-magit-popup 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-magit-popup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-magit-popup

How To Uninstall elpa-magit-popup on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-magit-popup

Uninstall elpa-magit-popup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-magit-popup

Remove elpa-magit-popup Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-magit-popup

Remove elpa-magit-popup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-magit-popup

Dependencies

elpa-magit-popup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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