How To Install elpa-php-mode on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-php-mode
on Kali Linux.
What is elpa-php-mode
elpa-php-mode is:
This project updates PHP Mode for GNU Emacs with features that make it more friendly to use with PHP 5.4 and later. Web Mode should be used in preference to PHP Mode when one needs to work with PHP scripts that contain HTML and other markup. Supports:
- Highlighting for keywords, for all official PHP magic and predefined constants, for PHPDoc tags and annotations, and for customised user-defined lists of frequently used constants.
- Imenu listings for traits, interfaces, namespaces, and anonymous functions.
- Syntax highlighting, including fontification of namespaces.
- Chained Method Calls that align method calls over multiple lines anchored around the ‘->’ operator.
- Prettified formatting of arrays and nested function calls.
- On-the-fly syntax checking via Flycheck or Flymake.
- Searching PHP documentation using key at point (under cursor).
- Executing Regions of PHP. Output appears in the PHP buffer.
- Multiple coding styles. In addition to its default style, this mode supports Drupal, WordPress, Symfony2, and PEAR/PSR-2.
- Amaka. PHP Mode activates when editing build scripts.
- Most of PSR-5: PHPDoc (Draft).
There are three methods to install elpa-php-mode
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-php-mode 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-php-mode
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-php-mode
Install elpa-php-mode Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-php-mode
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-php-mode
Install elpa-php-mode 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-php-mode
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-php-mode
How To Uninstall elpa-php-mode on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the elpa-php-mode
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-php-mode
Uninstall elpa-php-mode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-php-mode
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-php-mode
Remove elpa-php-mode Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-php-mode
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-php-mode
Remove elpa-php-mode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-php-mode
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-php-mode
Dependencies
elpa-php-mode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-php-mode
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.