How To Install sbcl-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbcl-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. sbcl-doc is Documentation for Steel Bank Common Lisp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbcl-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is sbcl-doc

sbcl-doc is:

This package provides documentation for SBCL – a development environment for the ANSI Common Lisp language.

The documents in this package cover SBCL-specific extensions to the language, explain how to use this Common Lisp implementation and how it differs from the ANSI standard.

The manual about SBCL’s internals is also included in this package and may be of interest for people who intent to work with SBCL’s source code.

There are three methods to install sbcl-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sbcl-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 sbcl-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sbcl-doc

Install sbcl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sbcl-doc

Install sbcl-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install sbcl-doc

How To Uninstall sbcl-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove sbcl-doc

Uninstall sbcl-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sbcl-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sbcl-doc

Remove sbcl-doc Configurations and Data

To remove sbcl-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sbcl-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbcl-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.