How To Install libbos-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbos-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04. libbos-ocaml is basic OS interaction for OCaml (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbos-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libbos-ocaml

libbos-ocaml is:

Bos provides support for basic and robust interaction with the operating system in OCaml. It has functions to access the process environment, parse command line arguments, interact with the file system and run command line programs.

Bos works equally well on POSIX and Windows operating systems.

This package contains runtime files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbos-ocaml

Install libbos-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbos-ocaml

Install libbos-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 libbos-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbos-ocaml

How To Uninstall libbos-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libbos-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbos-ocaml

Uninstall libbos-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbos-ocaml

Remove libbos-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbos-ocaml

Remove libbos-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbos-ocaml

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Summary

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