How To Install zenlisp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zenlisp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zenlisp
zenlisp is:
Zenlisp is an interpreter for a purely symbolic, side effect-free, lexically scoped dialect of LISP. It may be considered an implementation of pure LISP plus global definitions. Zenlisp is derived from ArrowLISP.
There are three methods to install zenlisp 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 zenlisp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zenlisp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zenlisp
Install zenlisp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zenlisp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zenlisp
Install zenlisp 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 zenlisp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zenlisp
How To Uninstall zenlisp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zenlisp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zenlisp
Uninstall zenlisp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zenlisp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zenlisp
Remove zenlisp Configurations and Data
To remove zenlisp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zenlisp
Remove zenlisp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zenlisp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zenlisp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zenlisp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
