How To Install cl-mcclim-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-mcclim-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. cl-mcclim-examples is Common Lisp graphic user interface toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-mcclim-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cl-mcclim-examples

cl-mcclim-examples is:

McCLIM is a free implementation of the CLIM specification. CLIM (Common Lisp Interface Manager) is a cross-platform, cross-implementation graphic user interface toolkit for Common Lisp programs.

This package contains example files for McCLIM.

Please note that a CLX implementation compatible with your CL system, i.e. cl-clx-sbcl for sbcl and cmucl-source for cmucl, is required to compile and run cl-mcclim and cl-mcclim-examples.

There are three methods to install cl-mcclim-examples 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-mcclim-examples 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-mcclim-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-mcclim-examples

Install cl-mcclim-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-mcclim-examples

Install cl-mcclim-examples 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-mcclim-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-mcclim-examples

How To Uninstall cl-mcclim-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cl-mcclim-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-mcclim-examples

Uninstall cl-mcclim-examples And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-mcclim-examples

Remove cl-mcclim-examples Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-mcclim-examples

Remove cl-mcclim-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-mcclim-examples

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Summary

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