How To Install cl-ieee-floats on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ieee-floats on Debian 9. cl-ieee-floats is Common Lisp IEEE-754 float en- and decoding

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ieee-floats on Debian 9.

What is cl-ieee-floats

cl-ieee-floats is:

Functions for converting floating point numbers represented in IEEE 754 style to lisp numbers.

There are three methods to install cl-ieee-floats on Debian 9. 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-ieee-floats 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-ieee-floats using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-ieee-floats

Install cl-ieee-floats Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-ieee-floats using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cl-ieee-floats

Install cl-ieee-floats 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-ieee-floats using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-ieee-floats

How To Uninstall cl-ieee-floats on Debian 9

To uninstall only the cl-ieee-floats package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-ieee-floats

Uninstall cl-ieee-floats And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-ieee-floats and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-ieee-floats

Remove cl-ieee-floats Configurations and Data

To remove cl-ieee-floats configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-ieee-floats

Remove cl-ieee-floats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cl-ieee-floats configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-ieee-floats

Dependencies

cl-ieee-floats have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ieee-floats package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.