How To Install elpa-zenburn-theme on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-zenburn-theme on Kali Linux. elpa-zenburn-theme is low contrast color theme for Emacs

Introduction

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

What is elpa-zenburn-theme

elpa-zenburn-theme is:

A port of the popular Vim theme Zenburn for Emacs, built using the new built-in theme support in Emacs 24.

Zenburn is designed to minimise eye strain during long periods of work.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-zenburn-theme

Install elpa-zenburn-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elpa-zenburn-theme

Install elpa-zenburn-theme 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-zenburn-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elpa-zenburn-theme

How To Uninstall elpa-zenburn-theme on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove elpa-zenburn-theme

Uninstall elpa-zenburn-theme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-zenburn-theme

Remove elpa-zenburn-theme Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-zenburn-theme

Remove elpa-zenburn-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-zenburn-theme

Dependencies

elpa-zenburn-theme have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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