How To Install elpa-yasnippet on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-yasnippet on Kali Linux. elpa-yasnippet is template system for Emacs

Introduction

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

What is elpa-yasnippet

elpa-yasnippet is:

YASnippet (yet another snippet extension for Emacs) is a template system for Emacs. It allows you to type an abbreviation and automatically expand the abbreviation into function templates.

Bundled language templates includes: C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, Ruby, SQL, LaTeX, HTML, CSS and more.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-yasnippet

Install elpa-yasnippet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-yasnippet

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

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-yasnippet

How To Uninstall elpa-yasnippet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-yasnippet

Uninstall elpa-yasnippet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-yasnippet

Remove elpa-yasnippet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-yasnippet

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

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

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

Dependencies

elpa-yasnippet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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