How To Install cl-swank on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-swank on Debian 9.
What is cl-swank
cl-swank is:
SLIME is the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs.
This is an ILISP-like development environment intended for maximum integration with CMUCL (also works with SBCL, OpenMCL and work is ongoing on Lispworks and current CVS version of CLISP and CLISP 2.32 on Linux).
This package contains the Lisp-side server, needed by the Emacs client (see package slime).
There are three methods to install cl-swank 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-swank 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-swank using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-swank
Install cl-swank Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-swank using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-swank
Install cl-swank 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-swank using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-swank
How To Uninstall cl-swank on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cl-swank package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-swank
Uninstall cl-swank And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-swank and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-swank
Remove cl-swank Configurations and Data
To remove cl-swank configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-swank
Remove cl-swank configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-swank configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-swank
Dependencies
cl-swank have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-swank package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.