How To Install sisc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sisc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sisc
sisc is:
SISC is an extensible Java based interpreter of the algorithmic language Scheme. SISC uses modern interpretation techniques, and handily outperforms all existing JVM interpreters (often by more than an order of magnitude).
In addition, SISC is a complete implementation of the language. The entire R5RS Scheme standard is supported, no exceptions. This includes a full number tower including complex number support, arbitrary precision integers and floating point numbers, as well as hygenic R5RS macros, proper tail recursion, and first-class continuations (not just the escaping continuations as in many limited Scheme systems). SISC also attempts to implement the standard as correctly as possible, while still providing exceptional performance.
SISC also provides useful real-world extensions, such as networking, elegant exception handling, a scope-friendly module system, support for SLIB, numerous SRFIs, and a Java foreign-function interface.
There are three methods to install sisc 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 sisc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sisc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sisc
Install sisc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sisc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sisc
Install sisc 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 sisc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sisc
How To Uninstall sisc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sisc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sisc
Uninstall sisc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sisc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sisc
Remove sisc Configurations and Data
To remove sisc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sisc
Remove sisc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sisc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sisc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sisc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
