How To Install cl-rss on Debian 10

Learn how to install cl-rss on Debian 10 with this tutorial. cl-rss is Common Lisp RSS processor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-rss on Debian 10.

What is cl-rss

cl-rss is:

This package provides a Common Lisp library for fetching and parsing Remote Site Summary data via HTTP. Currently, it supports RSS versions 0.90, 0.91, and 0.92 as well as RSS version 2.

There are three methods to install cl-rss 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-rss 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-rss using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-rss

Install cl-rss Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-rss

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

sudo aptitude -y install cl-rss

How To Uninstall cl-rss on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-rss

Uninstall cl-rss And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-rss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-rss

Remove cl-rss Configurations and Data

To remove cl-rss configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-rss

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

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

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

Dependencies

cl-rss have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-rss package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.