How To Install racket-common on Debian 12

Learn how to install racket-common on Debian 12 with this tutorial. racket-common is extensible programming language in the Scheme family (shared files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install racket-common on Debian 12.

What is racket-common

racket-common is:

This package includes the architecture independent files for Racket (but not the documentation, see racket-doc for that).

There are three methods to install racket-common 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 racket-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install racket-common

Install racket-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install racket-common

Install racket-common 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 racket-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install racket-common

How To Uninstall racket-common on Debian 12

To uninstall only the racket-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove racket-common

Uninstall racket-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove racket-common

Remove racket-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge racket-common

Remove racket-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge racket-common

Dependencies

racket-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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