How To Install libestring-ocaml-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libestring-ocaml-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libestring-ocaml-dev is Estring

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libestring-ocaml-dev on Debian 10.

What is libestring-ocaml-dev

libestring-ocaml-dev 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.

There are three methods to install libestring-ocaml-dev on Debian 10. 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libestring-ocaml-dev

Install libestring-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libestring-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libestring-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libestring-ocaml-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libestring-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libestring-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libestring-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libestring-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libestring-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libestring-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libestring-ocaml-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.