How To Install libchicken-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libchicken-dev
libchicken-dev is:
CHICKEN is a Scheme compiler which compiles a subset of R5RS into C. It uses the ideas presented in Baker’s paper “Cheney on the MTA”, and has a small core and is easily extendable.
This package contains the header file and static library for developing with chicken.
There are three methods to install libchicken-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libchicken-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libchicken-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libchicken-dev
Install libchicken-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libchicken-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libchicken-dev
Install libchicken-dev 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 libchicken-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libchicken-dev
How To Uninstall libchicken-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libchicken-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libchicken-dev
Uninstall libchicken-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libchicken-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchicken-dev
Remove libchicken-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libchicken-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libchicken-dev
Remove libchicken-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libchicken-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchicken-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
