How To Install cl-alexandria on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-alexandria on Ubuntu.
What is cl-alexandria
cl-alexandria is:
Alexandria is a collection of utilities in the public domain for Common Lisp.
It is a library but also a project that aims to reduce duplication of effort and improve portability of Common Lisp code according to its own idiosyncratic and rather conservative aesthetic.
It is used by other projects as a base to build on.
There are three methods to install cl-alexandria on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cl-alexandria Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-alexandria using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-alexandria
Install cl-alexandria Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-alexandria using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-alexandria
Install cl-alexandria Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-alexandria using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-alexandria
How To Uninstall cl-alexandria on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cl-alexandria package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-alexandria
Uninstall cl-alexandria And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-alexandria and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-alexandria
Remove cl-alexandria Configurations and Data
To remove cl-alexandria configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-alexandria
Remove cl-alexandria configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-alexandria configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-alexandria
Dependencies
cl-alexandria have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-alexandria package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.