How To Install cltl on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cltl on Ubuntu 22.04. cltl is Common Lisp the Language, second edition, book (Pre-ANSI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cltl on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cltl

cltl is:

This package installs the HTML version of Guy L. Steele book Common Lisp the Language, second edition. This book describes a snapshot of the Common Lisp language during the period that the ANSI Common Lisp standard was created. Thus, this book describe a NON-STANDARD version of Common Lisp which is similar to, but is NOT, ANSI Common Lisp.

For reference on ANSI Common Lisp, use the Debian package “hyperspec”. This book is included in Debian because, while it does differ from the ANSI standard, it has more details than the “hyperspec” about the design and usage of Lisp.

This package does not contain the actual HTML files, but rather downloads the HTML archive from the Internet and then installs it.

There are three methods to install cltl 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 cltl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cltl

Install cltl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cltl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cltl

Install cltl 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 cltl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cltl

How To Uninstall cltl on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cltl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cltl

Uninstall cltl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cltl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cltl

Remove cltl Configurations and Data

To remove cltl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cltl

Remove cltl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cltl

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cltl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.