How To Install cl-regex on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-regex on Debian 9.
What is cl-regex
cl-regex is:
A fully-featured regular expression compiler and matching engine for Common Lisp that claims to be roughly 5x-20x times faster than the GNU regex matcher written in C.
There are three methods to install cl-regex on Debian 9. 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-regex 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-regex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-regex
Install cl-regex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-regex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-regex
Install cl-regex 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-regex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-regex
How To Uninstall cl-regex on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cl-regex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-regex
Uninstall cl-regex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-regex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-regex
Remove cl-regex Configurations and Data
To remove cl-regex configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-regex
Remove cl-regex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-regex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-regex
Dependencies
cl-regex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-regex package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.