How To Install cl-mcclim on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-mcclim on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cl-mcclim
cl-mcclim 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 the McCLIM library.
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.
There are three methods to install cl-mcclim 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-mcclim
Install cl-mcclim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-mcclim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-mcclim
Install cl-mcclim 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-mcclim
How To Uninstall cl-mcclim on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cl-mcclim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-mcclim
Uninstall cl-mcclim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-mcclim 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
Remove cl-mcclim Configurations and Data
To remove cl-mcclim configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-mcclim
Remove cl-mcclim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-mcclim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-mcclim
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-mcclim package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
