How To Install cl-drakma on Debian 12

Learn how to install cl-drakma on Debian 12 with this tutorial. cl-drakma is Common Lisp HTTP client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-drakma on Debian 12.

What is cl-drakma

cl-drakma is:

Drakma is a full-featured HTTP client implemented in Common Lisp. It knows how to handle HTTP/1.1 chunking, persistent connections, re-usable sockets, SSL, continuable uploads, file uploads, cookies, and more.

There are three methods to install cl-drakma on Debian 12. 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-drakma 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-drakma using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-drakma

Install cl-drakma Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-drakma

Install cl-drakma 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-drakma using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-drakma

How To Uninstall cl-drakma on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-drakma

Uninstall cl-drakma And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-drakma and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-drakma

Remove cl-drakma Configurations and Data

To remove cl-drakma configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-drakma

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

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

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

Dependencies

cl-drakma have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-drakma package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.