How To Install cl-csv on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-csv on Debian 10.
What is cl-csv
cl-csv is:
This Common Lisp library aims to simplify working with CSVs:
- reads/writes CSVs from/to strings, streams and files
- support streaming reads (allowing processing very large CSVs, through read-csv’s row-fn parameter)
- supports custom data formatting
- settable quote, separator and quote-escapes
- supports multiline quoted data
- a test suite
- detailed state about the process on error (line number, column number, char index), current collection state
There are three methods to install cl-csv 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-csv 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-csv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-csv
Install cl-csv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-csv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-csv
Install cl-csv 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-csv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-csv
How To Uninstall cl-csv on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cl-csv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-csv
Uninstall cl-csv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-csv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-csv
Remove cl-csv Configurations and Data
To remove cl-csv configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-csv
Remove cl-csv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-csv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-csv
Dependencies
cl-csv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-csv package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.