How To Install elpa-relint on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is elpa-relint

elpa-relint is:

Relint scans Emacs Lisp files for mistakes in regexps, including deprecated syntax and bad practice. It also checks the regexp-like arguments to skip-chars-forward, skip-chars-backward, skip-syntax-forward and skip-syntax-backward.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-relint

Install elpa-relint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-relint

Install elpa-relint 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-relint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-relint

How To Uninstall elpa-relint on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-relint

Uninstall elpa-relint And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-relint

Remove elpa-relint Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-relint

Remove elpa-relint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-relint

Dependencies

elpa-relint have the following dependencies:

• elpa-xr
• dh-elpa-helper
• emacsen-common

References

• elpa-relint website

Summary

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