How To Install libclips on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclips on Debian 9.
What is libclips
libclips is:
CLIPS 6.0 is an OPS-like forward chaining production system written in ANSI C by NASA. The CLIPS inference engine includes truth maintenance, dynamic rule addition, and customizable conflict resolution strategies.
CLIPS, including the runtime version, is easily embeddable in other applications. CLIPS includes an object-oriented language called COOL (CLIPS Object-Oriented Language) which is directly integrated with the inference engine.
This package installs the required shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libclips 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 libclips Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libclips using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclips
Install libclips Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclips using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclips
Install libclips 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 libclips using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclips
How To Uninstall libclips on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libclips package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclips
Uninstall libclips And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclips and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclips
Remove libclips Configurations and Data
To remove libclips configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclips
Remove libclips configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclips configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclips
Dependencies
libclips have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclips package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.