How To Install cl-heredoc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-heredoc on Ubuntu 22.04. cl-heredoc is reader macro for heredocs in Common Lisp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-heredoc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cl-heredoc

cl-heredoc is:

cl-heredoc is an implementation of “here documents” that allow the user to embed literal strings into code or data without any need for quoting, something that is missing in both ANSI Common Lisp and popular implementations.

It is implemented in portable, ANSI-standard Common Lisp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-heredoc

Install cl-heredoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-heredoc

Install cl-heredoc 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-heredoc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-heredoc

How To Uninstall cl-heredoc on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-heredoc

Uninstall cl-heredoc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-heredoc

Remove cl-heredoc Configurations and Data

To remove cl-heredoc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-heredoc

Remove cl-heredoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-heredoc

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Summary

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