How To Install libbase-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libbase-ocaml
libbase-ocaml is:
Base is a standard library for OCaml. It provides a standard set of general purpose modules that are well-tested, performant, and fully-portable across any environment that can run OCaml code. Unlike other standard library projects, Base is meant to be used as a wholesale replacement of the standard library distributed with the OCaml compiler. In particular it makes different choices and doesn’t re-export features that are not fully portable such as I/O, which are left to other libraries.
This package contains runtime files.
There are three methods to install libbase-ocaml 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 libbase-ocaml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbase-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbase-ocaml
Install libbase-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbase-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbase-ocaml
Install libbase-ocaml 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 libbase-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbase-ocaml
How To Uninstall libbase-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libbase-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbase-ocaml
Uninstall libbase-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbase-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbase-ocaml
Remove libbase-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libbase-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbase-ocaml
Remove libbase-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbase-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbase-ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase-ocaml package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
