How To Install libinotify-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinotify-ocaml on Kali Linux. libinotify-ocaml is OCaml bindings for the inotify API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinotify-ocaml on Kali Linux.

What is libinotify-ocaml

libinotify-ocaml is:

This library provides OCaml bindings for using inotify.

Inotify is a Linux kernel subsystem, that notice changes to the filesystem, and report those changes to applications.

This package contains shared library.

There are three methods to install libinotify-ocaml on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libinotify-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 libinotify-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libinotify-ocaml

Install libinotify-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libinotify-ocaml

Install libinotify-ocaml Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libinotify-ocaml

How To Uninstall libinotify-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libinotify-ocaml

Uninstall libinotify-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libinotify-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinotify-ocaml

Remove libinotify-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libinotify-ocaml configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libinotify-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libinotify-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinotify-ocaml package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.