How To Install guile-zlib on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-zlib on Ubuntu 22.04. guile-zlib is zlib bindings for guile

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-zlib on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is guile-zlib

guile-zlib is:

Guile-zlib is a GNU Guile library providing bindings to zlib.

There are three methods to install guile-zlib on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install guile-zlib Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install guile-zlib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install guile-zlib

Install guile-zlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install guile-zlib

Install guile-zlib 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 guile-zlib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guile-zlib

How To Uninstall guile-zlib on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the guile-zlib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove guile-zlib

Uninstall guile-zlib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall guile-zlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-zlib

Remove guile-zlib Configurations and Data

To remove guile-zlib configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge guile-zlib

Remove guile-zlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-zlib

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-zlib package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.