How To Install libdose3-ocaml on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdose3-ocaml on Ubuntu 20.04. libdose3-ocaml is OCaml libraries for package dependencies (runtime files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdose3-ocaml on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libdose3-ocaml

libdose3-ocaml is:

Dose3 is a framework consisting of several OCaml libraries for analysing the metadata of software packages (like Packages files of Debian suites).

Though not tied to any particular distribution, Dose3 constitutes a pool of libraries which enable analyzing packages coming from various distributions.

Besides basic functionalities for querying and setting package properties, dose3 also implements algorithms for solving more complex problems (monitoring package evolutions, correct and complete dependency resolution, repository-wide uninstallability checks).

This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.

There are three methods to install libdose3-ocaml on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdose3-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 libdose3-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdose3-ocaml

Install libdose3-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdose3-ocaml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdose3-ocaml

Install libdose3-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 libdose3-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdose3-ocaml

How To Uninstall libdose3-ocaml on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libdose3-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdose3-ocaml

Uninstall libdose3-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdose3-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdose3-ocaml

Remove libdose3-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libdose3-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdose3-ocaml

Remove libdose3-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdose3-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdose3-ocaml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdose3-ocaml package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.