How To Install libestring-ocaml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libestring-ocaml on Debian 9. libestring-ocaml is Estring

Introduction

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

What is libestring-ocaml

libestring-ocaml is:

estring, which stands for `extended strings’ is a syntax extension allowing to prefix string literals with a specifier to change their meaning.

This package used to be part of the batteries project.

This package contains the shared runtime libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libestring-ocaml

Install libestring-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libestring-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libestring-ocaml

How To Uninstall libestring-ocaml on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libestring-ocaml

Uninstall libestring-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libestring-ocaml

Remove libestring-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libestring-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libestring-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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