How To Install guile-library on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-library on Debian 12.
What is guile-library
guile-library is:
A set of various-purpose library modules for Guile. Covered areas include:
- Unit testing framework ala JUnit
- Logging system
- String routines (wrapping, completion, soundex algorithm)
- OS process chains (think “shell pipes in scheme”)
- ANSI escape sequence text coloring
- A thread-safe message queue
- Routines to perform topological sorts
- Neil Van Dyke’s permissive (“pragmatic”) HTML parser
- Nifty and concise regular expression routines
- Classic search functions
There are three methods to install guile-library 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 guile-library Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guile-library using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guile-library
Install guile-library Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guile-library using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guile-library
Install guile-library 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 guile-library using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guile-library
How To Uninstall guile-library on Debian 12
To uninstall only the guile-library package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guile-library
Uninstall guile-library And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guile-library and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-library
Remove guile-library Configurations and Data
To remove guile-library configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guile-library
Remove guile-library configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guile-library configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-library
Dependencies
guile-library have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-library package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
