How To Install cl-brlapi on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-brlapi on Debian 10.
What is cl-brlapi
cl-brlapi is:
BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the console (text mode) for a blind person using a braille display. It drives the braille display and provides complete screen review functionality.
BrlAPI is a library which gives an application access to a braille display and lets it write braille.
This package provides Common Lisp bindings vor BrlAPI.
There are three methods to install cl-brlapi on Debian 10. 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-brlapi 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-brlapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-brlapi
Install cl-brlapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-brlapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-brlapi
Install cl-brlapi 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-brlapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-brlapi
How To Uninstall cl-brlapi on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cl-brlapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-brlapi
Uninstall cl-brlapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-brlapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-brlapi
Remove cl-brlapi Configurations and Data
To remove cl-brlapi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-brlapi
Remove cl-brlapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-brlapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-brlapi
Dependencies
cl-brlapi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-brlapi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.