How To Install liblwt-ssl-ocaml on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ssl-ocaml on Debian 11. liblwt-ssl-ocaml is OCaml OpenSSL binding with concurrent I/O (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ssl-ocaml on Debian 11.

What is liblwt-ssl-ocaml

liblwt-ssl-ocaml is:

An Lwt-enabled wrapper around OCaml-SSL, that performs I/O concurrently. Ocaml-SSL, in turn, is a binding to the much-used OpenSSL.

This package contains runtime files.

There are three methods to install liblwt-ssl-ocaml on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblwt-ssl-ocaml

Install liblwt-ssl-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblwt-ssl-ocaml

Install liblwt-ssl-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 liblwt-ssl-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblwt-ssl-ocaml

How To Uninstall liblwt-ssl-ocaml on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove liblwt-ssl-ocaml

Uninstall liblwt-ssl-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblwt-ssl-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblwt-ssl-ocaml

Remove liblwt-ssl-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove liblwt-ssl-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblwt-ssl-ocaml

Remove liblwt-ssl-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblwt-ssl-ocaml

Dependencies

liblwt-ssl-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ssl-ocaml package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.