How To Install clisp-module-zlib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-zlib on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is clisp-module-zlib
clisp-module-zlib 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 a zlib interface, allowing you to compress vectors using zlib.
There are three methods to install clisp-module-zlib on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-zlib 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-zlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clisp-module-zlib
Install clisp-module-zlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clisp-module-zlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clisp-module-zlib
Install clisp-module-zlib 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-zlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clisp-module-zlib
How To Uninstall clisp-module-zlib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the clisp-module-zlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clisp-module-zlib
Uninstall clisp-module-zlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clisp-module-zlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clisp-module-zlib
Remove clisp-module-zlib Configurations and Data
To remove clisp-module-zlib configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clisp-module-zlib
Remove clisp-module-zlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clisp-module-zlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clisp-module-zlib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-zlib package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.