How To Install oaklisp on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install oaklisp on Debian 9. oaklisp is Object-oriented dialect of Scheme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oaklisp on Debian 9.

What is oaklisp

oaklisp is:

Oaklisp is a dialect of Scheme that combines lexical scoping with first-class types. It uses a byte-coded implementation, but is reasonably fast anyway. Complete with bignums, formatted output, transparent delays, RnRS compatibility package; all the luxuries except floating point and foreign function calls.

There are three methods to install oaklisp 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 oaklisp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install oaklisp

Install oaklisp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install oaklisp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install oaklisp

Install oaklisp 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 oaklisp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oaklisp

How To Uninstall oaklisp on Debian 9

To uninstall only the oaklisp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oaklisp

Uninstall oaklisp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oaklisp

Remove oaklisp Configurations and Data

To remove oaklisp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oaklisp

Remove oaklisp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oaklisp

Dependencies

oaklisp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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