How To Install cl-spatial-trees on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-spatial-trees on Ubuntu 18.04. cl-spatial-trees is Spatial trees Common Lisp library

Introduction

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

What is cl-spatial-trees

cl-spatial-trees is:

spatial-trees provides access to dynamic index structures for spatially-extended data, all exposed through a uniform CLOS interface. Currently it supports the following data structures: R-trees, Greene-trees, R*-trees, X-trees.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-spatial-trees

Install cl-spatial-trees Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-spatial-trees

Install cl-spatial-trees 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-spatial-trees using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-spatial-trees

How To Uninstall cl-spatial-trees on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-spatial-trees

Uninstall cl-spatial-trees And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-spatial-trees

Remove cl-spatial-trees Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-spatial-trees

Remove cl-spatial-trees configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-spatial-trees

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Summary

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