How To Install ecl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecl on Debian 9.
What is ecl
ecl is:
ECL stands for Embeddable Common-Lisp. The ECL project is an effort to modernize Giuseppe Attardi’s ECL environment to produce an implementation of the Common-Lisp language which complies to the ANSI X3J13 definition of the language.
The current ECL implementation features:
- A bytecodes compiler and interpreter.
- A translator to C.
- A UFFI-compatible interface to C code.
- A dynamic loader.
- The possibility to build standalone executables and DLLs.
- The Common-Lisp Object System (CLOS).
- Conditions and restarts for handling errors.
- Sockets as ordinary streams.
- The GNU Multiprecision library for fast bignum operations.
- A simple conservative mark & sweep garbage collector.
- The Boehm-Weiser garbage collector.
There are three methods to install ecl 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 ecl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ecl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecl
Install ecl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecl
Install ecl 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 ecl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecl
How To Uninstall ecl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ecl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecl
Uninstall ecl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecl
Remove ecl Configurations and Data
To remove ecl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecl
Remove ecl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecl
Dependencies
ecl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.