How To Install cl-ironclad on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ironclad on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cl-ironclad
cl-ironclad is:
Ironclad is a cryptography library written entirely in Common Lisp. It includes support for several popular ciphers, digests, and MACs. Rudimentary support for public-key cryptography is included. For several implementations that support Gray Streams, support is included for convenient stream wrappers.
There are three methods to install cl-ironclad 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-ironclad 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-ironclad using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-ironclad
Install cl-ironclad Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-ironclad using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-ironclad
Install cl-ironclad 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-ironclad using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-ironclad
How To Uninstall cl-ironclad on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cl-ironclad package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-ironclad
Uninstall cl-ironclad And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-ironclad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-ironclad
Remove cl-ironclad Configurations and Data
To remove cl-ironclad configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-ironclad
Remove cl-ironclad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-ironclad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-ironclad
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ironclad package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
