How To Install libextunix-ocaml on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextunix-ocaml on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libextunix-ocaml
libextunix-ocaml is:
Thin bindings to various low-level system APIs (often non-portable) which are not covered by Unix module.
Example functions:
- uname
- statvfs
- fsync
- fadvise
- fallocate
- atfile
- dirfd
- eventfd
- signalfd
- …
This package contains the shared runtime libraries.
There are three methods to install libextunix-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 libextunix-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 libextunix-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libextunix-ocaml
Install libextunix-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libextunix-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libextunix-ocaml
Install libextunix-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 libextunix-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libextunix-ocaml
How To Uninstall libextunix-ocaml on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libextunix-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libextunix-ocaml
Uninstall libextunix-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libextunix-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextunix-ocaml
Remove libextunix-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libextunix-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libextunix-ocaml
Remove libextunix-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libextunix-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextunix-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libextunix-ocaml package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
