How To Install cl-ironclad on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ironclad on Debian 11.
What is cl-ironclad
cl-ironclad is:
Ironclad is a cryptography library written entirely in Common Lisp. It includes support for several popular ciphers, digests, and MACs and public key cryptography algorithms. For several implementations that support Gray Streams, support is included for convenient stream wrappers.
Most of the algorithms were written with efficiency for specific Common Lisp implementations in mind, although portable code is provided as an alternative in nearly all instances. The framework should be flexible enough to accommodate implementation-specific optimizations when possible.
Test vectors for many of the algorithms are included to provide a level of confidence in the correctness of the implementations.
There are three methods to install cl-ironclad on Debian 11. 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-ironclad 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-ironclad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-ironclad
Install cl-ironclad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-ironclad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-ironclad
Install cl-ironclad 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-ironclad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-ironclad
How To Uninstall cl-ironclad on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cl-ironclad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-ironclad
Uninstall cl-ironclad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-ironclad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-ironclad
Remove cl-ironclad Configurations and Data
To remove cl-ironclad configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-ironclad
Remove cl-ironclad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-ironclad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-ironclad
Dependencies
cl-ironclad have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ironclad package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.