How To Install libextlib-ocaml-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextlib-ocaml-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libextlib-ocaml-dev
libextlib-ocaml-dev is:
ExtLib is a project aiming at providing a complete - yet small - standard library for the OCaml programming language.
The purpose of this library is to add new functions to OCaml Standard Library modules, to modify some functions in order to get better performances or more safety (tail-recursive) but also to provide new modules which should be useful for the average OCaml programmer.
ExtLib contains modules implementing: enumeration over abstract collection of elements, efficient bit sets, dynamic arrays, references on lists, Unicode characters and UTF-8 encoded strings, additional and improved functions for hashtables, strings, lists and option types.
There are three methods to install libextlib-ocaml-dev
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 libextlib-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 libextlib-ocaml-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libextlib-ocaml-dev
Install libextlib-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libextlib-ocaml-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libextlib-ocaml-dev
Install libextlib-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 libextlib-ocaml-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libextlib-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libextlib-ocaml-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libextlib-ocaml-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libextlib-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libextlib-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libextlib-ocaml-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextlib-ocaml-dev
Remove libextlib-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libextlib-ocaml-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libextlib-ocaml-dev
Remove libextlib-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libextlib-ocaml-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextlib-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libextlib-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextlib-ocaml-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.