How To Install clisp-module-dbus on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-dbus on Ubuntu 22.04. clisp-module-dbus is GNU CLISP module that adds an interface to D-Bus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-dbus on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is clisp-module-dbus

clisp-module-dbus is:

GNU CLISP is a Common Lisp implementation. It conforms to the ANSI Common Lisp standard, and offers many extensions. It runs on all desktop operating systems (GNU and Unix systems, macOS, Windows) and is particularly memory-efficient.

This adds a module to CLISP that implements an interface to the D-Bus system.

There are three methods to install clisp-module-dbus 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 clisp-module-dbus Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install clisp-module-dbus using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clisp-module-dbus

Install clisp-module-dbus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install clisp-module-dbus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install clisp-module-dbus

Install clisp-module-dbus 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 clisp-module-dbus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clisp-module-dbus

How To Uninstall clisp-module-dbus on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the clisp-module-dbus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clisp-module-dbus

Uninstall clisp-module-dbus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clisp-module-dbus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clisp-module-dbus

Remove clisp-module-dbus Configurations and Data

To remove clisp-module-dbus configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clisp-module-dbus

Remove clisp-module-dbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove clisp-module-dbus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clisp-module-dbus

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-dbus package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.