How To Install leiningen 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 leiningen on Ubuntu.
What is leiningen
leiningen is:
Working on Clojure projects with tools designed for Java can be an exercise in frustration. With Leiningen, you describe your build with Clojure. Leiningen handles fetching dependencies, running tests, packaging your projects and can be easily extended with a number of plugins.
There are three methods to install leiningen 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 leiningen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install leiningen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install leiningen
Install leiningen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install leiningen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install leiningen
Install leiningen 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 leiningen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install leiningen
How To Uninstall leiningen on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the leiningen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove leiningen
Uninstall leiningen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall leiningen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove leiningen
Remove leiningen Configurations and Data
To remove leiningen configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge leiningen
Remove leiningen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove leiningen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge leiningen
Dependencies
leiningen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install leiningen package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.