How To Install cl-asdf-finalizers on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-asdf-finalizers on Ubuntu 18.04. cl-asdf-finalizers is Enforced finalization of ASDF Common Lisp components

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-asdf-finalizers on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cl-asdf-finalizers

cl-asdf-finalizers is:

This library allows you to implement and enforce proper finalization of compile-time constructs while building Lisp source files. It depends on ASDF 2.22.3 or later.

There are three methods to install cl-asdf-finalizers 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 cl-asdf-finalizers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-asdf-finalizers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-asdf-finalizers

Install cl-asdf-finalizers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-asdf-finalizers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cl-asdf-finalizers

Install cl-asdf-finalizers 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 cl-asdf-finalizers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-asdf-finalizers

How To Uninstall cl-asdf-finalizers on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cl-asdf-finalizers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-asdf-finalizers

Uninstall cl-asdf-finalizers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-asdf-finalizers

Remove cl-asdf-finalizers Configurations and Data

To remove cl-asdf-finalizers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-asdf-finalizers

Remove cl-asdf-finalizers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cl-asdf-finalizers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-asdf-finalizers

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Summary

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