How To Install cl-pipes on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-pipes on Ubuntu 18.04. cl-pipes is Common Lisp library for pipes or streams

Introduction

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

What is cl-pipes

cl-pipes is:

This package has functions for manipulating pipes, also called streams. This package is adapted from an implementation in Peter Norvig’s Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-pipes

Install cl-pipes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-pipes

Install cl-pipes 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-pipes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-pipes

How To Uninstall cl-pipes on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-pipes

Uninstall cl-pipes And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-pipes

Remove cl-pipes Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-pipes

Remove cl-pipes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-pipes

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Summary

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