How To Install picolisp on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install picolisp on Debian 10.
What is picolisp
picolisp is:
Pico Lisp can be viewed from two different aspects: As a general purpose programming language, and a dedicated application server framework.
As a programming language, Pico Lisp provides a 1-to-1 mapping of a clean and powerful Lisp derivate, to a simple and efficient virtual machine. It supports persistent objects as a first class data type, resulting in a database system of Entity/Relation classes and a Prolog-like query language tightly integrated into the system.
As an application server framework, Pico Lisp provides for database management (including multi-user synchronization, DB garbage collection journalling and replication), web interface integrated (and generated from) the application data model, and an application server.
There are three methods to install picolisp on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install picolisp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install picolisp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install picolisp
Install picolisp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install picolisp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install picolisp
Install picolisp 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 picolisp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install picolisp
How To Uninstall picolisp on Debian 10
To uninstall only the picolisp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove picolisp
Uninstall picolisp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall picolisp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove picolisp
Remove picolisp Configurations and Data
To remove picolisp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge picolisp
Remove picolisp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove picolisp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge picolisp
Dependencies
picolisp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install picolisp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.