How To Install cl-md5 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-md5 on Ubuntu 20.04. cl-md5 is Common Lisp package for MD5 Message Digests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-md5 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cl-md5

cl-md5 is:

This package contains a Common Lisp function to calculate the MD5 message digest of a string, stream, or file.

There are three methods to install cl-md5 on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-md5 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-md5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-md5

Install cl-md5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-md5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cl-md5

Install cl-md5 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-md5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-md5

How To Uninstall cl-md5 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cl-md5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-md5

Uninstall cl-md5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-md5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-md5

Remove cl-md5 Configurations and Data

To remove cl-md5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-md5

Remove cl-md5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cl-md5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-md5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-md5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.