How To Install cl-ppcre on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ppcre on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cl-ppcre
cl-ppcre is:
CL-PPCRE is a portable regular expression library for Common Lisp which has the following features:
- It is compatible with Perl.
- It is fast.
- It is portable.
There are three methods to install cl-ppcre 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-ppcre 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-ppcre using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-ppcre
Install cl-ppcre Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-ppcre using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-ppcre
Install cl-ppcre 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-ppcre using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-ppcre
How To Uninstall cl-ppcre on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cl-ppcre package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-ppcre
Uninstall cl-ppcre And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-ppcre and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-ppcre
Remove cl-ppcre Configurations and Data
To remove cl-ppcre configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-ppcre
Remove cl-ppcre configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-ppcre configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-ppcre
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-ppcre package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
