How To Install libexpat-ocaml on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexpat-ocaml on Debian 9.
What is libexpat-ocaml
libexpat-ocaml is:
This Objective Caml library provides XML parsing facilities based on the expat library.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libexpat-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 libexpat-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 libexpat-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libexpat-ocaml
Install libexpat-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libexpat-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libexpat-ocaml
Install libexpat-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 libexpat-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libexpat-ocaml
How To Uninstall libexpat-ocaml on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libexpat-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libexpat-ocaml
Uninstall libexpat-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libexpat-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexpat-ocaml
Remove libexpat-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libexpat-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libexpat-ocaml
Remove libexpat-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libexpat-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexpat-ocaml
Dependencies
libexpat-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexpat-ocaml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
