How To Install gcl-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install gcl-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gcl-doc is Documentation for GNU Common Lisp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcl-doc on Debian 12.

What is gcl-doc

gcl-doc is:

GNU Common Lisp (GCL) is a Common Lisp compiler and interpreter implemented in C, and complying mostly with the standard set forth in the book “Common Lisp, the Language I”. It attempts to strike a useful middle ground in performance and portability from its design around C.

This package contains Documentation in info format of both the system internals, as well as the graphical interface currently implemented in Tcl/Tk.

There are three methods to install gcl-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gcl-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gcl-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gcl-doc

Install gcl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcl-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcl-doc

Install gcl-doc 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 gcl-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcl-doc

How To Uninstall gcl-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gcl-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcl-doc

Uninstall gcl-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gcl-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcl-doc

Remove gcl-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gcl-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcl-doc

Remove gcl-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gcl-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcl-doc

Dependencies

gcl-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcl-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.