How To Install cl-nibbles on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-nibbles on Ubuntu 22.04. cl-nibbles is Common Lisp library for accessing octet-addressed blocks of data

Introduction

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

What is cl-nibbles

cl-nibbles is:

nibbles is a library for accessing multibyte integers from octet arrays and streams. While such accessors are straightforward to write, nibbles aims to centralize such facilities and also provide optimizations for them when appropriate.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-nibbles

Install cl-nibbles Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-nibbles

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

sudo aptitude -y install cl-nibbles

How To Uninstall cl-nibbles on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-nibbles

Uninstall cl-nibbles And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-nibbles

Remove cl-nibbles Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-nibbles

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

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

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

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Summary

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