How To Install libjs-of-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-of-ocaml-dev
on Debian 12.
What is libjs-of-ocaml-dev
libjs-of-ocaml-dev is:
Js_of_ocaml is a compiler of OCaml bytecode to JavaScript. It makes it possible to run OCaml programs in a web browser. Its key features are the following:
- the whole language, and most of the standard library are supported;
- the generated code can be used with any web server and browser;
- you can use a standard installation of OCaml to compile your programs. In particular, you do not have to recompile a library to use it with Js_of_ocaml. You just have to link your program with a specific library to interface with the browser APIs.
This package contains development files needed to compile server-side (using regular OCaml compiler) and client-side (using Js_of_ocaml) programs.
There are three methods to install libjs-of-ocaml-dev
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libjs-of-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 libjs-of-ocaml-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-of-ocaml-dev
Install libjs-of-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-of-ocaml-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-of-ocaml-dev
Install libjs-of-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 libjs-of-ocaml-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-of-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libjs-of-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libjs-of-ocaml-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-of-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libjs-of-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-of-ocaml-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-of-ocaml-dev
Remove libjs-of-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-of-ocaml-dev
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-of-ocaml-dev
Remove libjs-of-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-of-ocaml-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-of-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libjs-of-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
- libfindlib-ocaml-dev-0thr1
- libgraphics-ocaml-dev-yu298
- libjs-of-ocaml-w60m5
- liblwt-log-ocaml-dev-cl9d4
- liblwt-ocaml-dev-py3u4
- libmenhir-ocaml-dev-dyfe5
- libocaml-compiler-libs-ocaml-dev-onqw0
- libppxlib-ocaml-dev-3kac3
- libreact-ocaml-dev-06r30
- libreactivedata-ocaml-dev-ozq60
- libsexplib0-ocaml-dev-dj6s4
- libtyxml-ocaml-dev-fxbc0
- libyojson-ocaml-dev-9drl9
- ocaml-4.13.1
- libc6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-of-ocaml-dev
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.