How To Install libcheshire-clojure on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheshire-clojure on Ubuntu 20.04. libcheshire-clojure is fast JSON encoding for Clojure

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheshire-clojure on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libcheshire-clojure

libcheshire-clojure is:

Cheshire is a fast JSON encoding library for Clojure, based off of clj-json and clojure-json, with additional features like Date/UUID/Set/Symbol encoding and SMILE support. It offers the speed of clj-json and the features of clojure-json.

There are three methods to install libcheshire-clojure on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcheshire-clojure Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcheshire-clojure using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcheshire-clojure

Install libcheshire-clojure Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcheshire-clojure

Install libcheshire-clojure 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 libcheshire-clojure using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcheshire-clojure

How To Uninstall libcheshire-clojure on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libcheshire-clojure package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcheshire-clojure

Uninstall libcheshire-clojure And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcheshire-clojure and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcheshire-clojure

Remove libcheshire-clojure Configurations and Data

To remove libcheshire-clojure configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcheshire-clojure

Remove libcheshire-clojure configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcheshire-clojure

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheshire-clojure package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.