How To Install cl-usocket on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-usocket on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-usocket package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
