How To Install libcurses-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurses-ocaml on Kali Linux. libcurses-ocaml is OCaml bindings for the ncurses library (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurses-ocaml on Kali Linux.

What is libcurses-ocaml

libcurses-ocaml is:

The ncurses library provides functions to create rich text-mode interfaces. This package contains the necessary files to use the ncurses library in OCaml.

This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcurses-ocaml

Install libcurses-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcurses-ocaml

Install libcurses-ocaml Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcurses-ocaml

How To Uninstall libcurses-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcurses-ocaml

Uninstall libcurses-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcurses-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcurses-ocaml

Remove libcurses-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libcurses-ocaml configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcurses-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcurses-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurses-ocaml package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.