How To Install clisp-module-pcre on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-pcre on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is clisp-module-pcre
clisp-module-pcre is:
This adds a module to clisp that implements an interface to the libpcre which implements Perl-compatible regular expressions.
There are three methods to install clisp-module-pcre on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-pcre 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-pcre using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clisp-module-pcre
Install clisp-module-pcre Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clisp-module-pcre using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clisp-module-pcre
Install clisp-module-pcre 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-pcre using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clisp-module-pcre
How To Uninstall clisp-module-pcre on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the clisp-module-pcre package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clisp-module-pcre
Uninstall clisp-module-pcre And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clisp-module-pcre and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clisp-module-pcre
Remove clisp-module-pcre Configurations and Data
To remove clisp-module-pcre configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clisp-module-pcre
Remove clisp-module-pcre configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clisp-module-pcre configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clisp-module-pcre
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-pcre package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.