How To Install clc-slime on Ubuntu 21.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install common-lisp-controller

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is clc-slime and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 21.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 21.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install clc-slime on Ubuntu 21.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install clc-slime using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install clc-slime using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install common-lisp-controller

Install clc-slime using apt

Because clc-slime is available in Ubuntu 21.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install clc-slime using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install common-lisp-controller

Install clc-slime 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 21.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install clc-slime by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install common-lisp-controller

How to upgrade (update) a single package clc-slime using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the clc-slime, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install common-lisp-controller

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install common-lisp-controller

How To Uninstall clc-slime from Ubuntu 21.04

To uninstall only the clc-slime package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove common-lisp-controller

Uninstall clc-slime and all its dependencies

To uninstall clc-slime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 21.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove common-lisp-controller

Remove clc-slime with all configurations and data

To remove clc-slime configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge common-lisp-controller

Remove clc-slime completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to clc-slime package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge common-lisp-controller

Extra info and code examples

This package helps installing Common Lisp sources and compilers. It creates a user-specific cache of compiled objects. When a library or an implementation is upgraded, all compiled objects in the cache are flushed. It also provides tools to recompile all libraries and to generate Debian packages from asdf-install packages. Also includes clc-clbuild, a wrapper for clbuild. Please see http://common-lisp.net/project/clbuild/ for more information. This package also contains a wrapper to invoke emacs with a clbuild provided slime environment.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install clc-slime using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the clc-slime from Ubuntu 21.04.

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