How To Install cl-alexandria on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-alexandria on Kali Linux. cl-alexandria is collection of portable Common Lisp utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-alexandria on Kali Linux.

What is cl-alexandria

cl-alexandria is:

Alexandria is a collection of utilities in the public domain for Common Lisp.

It is a library but also a project that aims to reduce duplication of effort and improve portability of Common Lisp code according to its own idiosyncratic and rather conservative aesthetic.

It is used by other projects as a base to build on.

There are three methods to install cl-alexandria on Kali Linux. 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-alexandria 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-alexandria using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-alexandria

Install cl-alexandria Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-alexandria

Install cl-alexandria Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install cl-alexandria

How To Uninstall cl-alexandria on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-alexandria

Uninstall cl-alexandria And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-alexandria and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-alexandria

Remove cl-alexandria Configurations and Data

To remove cl-alexandria configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-alexandria

Remove cl-alexandria configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-alexandria

Dependencies

cl-alexandria have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-alexandria package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.