How To Install cl-osicat on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-osicat on Ubuntu 22.04. cl-osicat is lightweight operating system interface for Common Lisp on POSIX-like systems

Introduction

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

What is cl-osicat

cl-osicat is:

Portable, low-level access to POSIX functionality from Common Lisp, including:

  • directory iteration and deletion
  • environment variables
  • symbolic links
  • file permissions
  • identification of file types.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-osicat

Install cl-osicat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-osicat

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

sudo aptitude -y install cl-osicat

How To Uninstall cl-osicat on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-osicat

Uninstall cl-osicat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-osicat

Remove cl-osicat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-osicat

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

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

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

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Summary

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