How To Install libcaml2html-ocaml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaml2html-ocaml on Debian 9. libcaml2html-ocaml is HTML and LaTeX colored syntax from OCaml source files - plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaml2html-ocaml on Debian 9.

What is libcaml2html-ocaml

libcaml2html-ocaml is:

Caml2html provides a command-line executable which converts a set of OCaml source files into a HTML or LaTeX document with colored syntax. A library is also provided for building web-page generators that would color OCaml code appropriately.

This package contains the shared runtime library.

There are three methods to install libcaml2html-ocaml on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcaml2html-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 libcaml2html-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcaml2html-ocaml

Install libcaml2html-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcaml2html-ocaml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcaml2html-ocaml

Install libcaml2html-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcaml2html-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcaml2html-ocaml

How To Uninstall libcaml2html-ocaml on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcaml2html-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcaml2html-ocaml

Uninstall libcaml2html-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcaml2html-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcaml2html-ocaml

Remove libcaml2html-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libcaml2html-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcaml2html-ocaml

Remove libcaml2html-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcaml2html-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcaml2html-ocaml

Dependencies

libcaml2html-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaml2html-ocaml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.