How To Install cl-usocket on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-usocket on Debian 9.

What is cl-usocket

cl-usocket is:

cl-usocket provides a library for Common Lisp programs to use TCP sockets. It is the successor to trivial-sockets.

To run the test suite you need the recommended cl-rt package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-usocket

Install cl-usocket Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-usocket

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

sudo aptitude -y install cl-usocket

How To Uninstall cl-usocket on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-usocket

Uninstall cl-usocket And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-usocket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-usocket

Remove cl-usocket Configurations and Data

To remove cl-usocket configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-usocket

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

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

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

Dependencies

cl-usocket have the following dependencies:

• cl-split-sequence

References

• cl-usocket website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-usocket package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.