How To Install gambc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gambc
gambc is:
The gambc package includes a Scheme interpreter and a Scheme compiler which can be used to build standalone executables. The thread system is very efficient and can support millions of concurrent processes.
The Gambit system conforms to the R4RS, R5RS and IEEE Scheme standards. The full numeric tower is implemented, including: infinite precision integers (bignums), rationals, inexact reals (floating point numbers), and complex numbers. Gambit supports a number of extensions to the standards.
There are three methods to install gambc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gambc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gambc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gambc
Install gambc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gambc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gambc
Install gambc 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 gambc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gambc
How To Uninstall gambc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gambc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gambc
Uninstall gambc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gambc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gambc
Remove gambc Configurations and Data
To remove gambc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gambc
Remove gambc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gambc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gambc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gambc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
