How To Install mes on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mes on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mes
mes is:
GNU Mes aims to help create a full source bootstrap as part of the bootstrappable builds effort. It consists of a mutual self-hosting Scheme interpreter written in C and a Nyacc-based C compiler written in Scheme.
Mes and MesCC can compile a lightly patched TinyCC that is self-hosting.
There are three methods to install mes 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 mes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mes
Install mes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mes
Install mes 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 mes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mes
How To Uninstall mes on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mes
Uninstall mes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mes
Remove mes Configurations and Data
To remove mes configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mes
Remove mes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mes package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
