How To Install elpa-tuareg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-tuareg on Kali Linux. elpa-tuareg is emacs-mode for OCaml programs

Introduction

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

What is elpa-tuareg

elpa-tuareg is:

Tuareg handles automatic indentation of Objective Caml and Caml-Light code. Key parts of the code are highlighted using Font-Lock. It provides support to run an interactive OCaml toplevel and debugger.

This mode attempts to give better results than the caml-mode provided by the elpa-caml package. Indentation rules are slightly different but closer to classical functional languages indentation. Tuareg gives access to some functionalities from caml-mode when the elpa-caml package is installed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-tuareg

Install elpa-tuareg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-tuareg

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-tuareg

How To Uninstall elpa-tuareg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-tuareg

Uninstall elpa-tuareg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-tuareg

Remove elpa-tuareg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-tuareg

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-tuareg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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