How To Install libperl4caml-ocaml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperl4caml-ocaml on Debian 9. libperl4caml-ocaml is Use Perl code in OCaml programs, runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperl4caml-ocaml on Debian 9.

What is libperl4caml-ocaml

libperl4caml-ocaml is:

perl4caml allows you to use Perl code within Objective CAML (OCaml), thus neatly side-stepping the old problem with OCaml which was that it lacked a comprehensive set of libraries. Well now you can use any part of CPAN in your OCaml code.

This package provides the runtime dynamic library necessary to use this in bytecode OCaml programs.

There are three methods to install libperl4caml-ocaml 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 libperl4caml-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 libperl4caml-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libperl4caml-ocaml

Install libperl4caml-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libperl4caml-ocaml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libperl4caml-ocaml

Install libperl4caml-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 libperl4caml-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libperl4caml-ocaml

How To Uninstall libperl4caml-ocaml on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libperl4caml-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libperl4caml-ocaml

Uninstall libperl4caml-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libperl4caml-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libperl4caml-ocaml

Remove libperl4caml-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libperl4caml-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libperl4caml-ocaml

Remove libperl4caml-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libperl4caml-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libperl4caml-ocaml

Dependencies

libperl4caml-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperl4caml-ocaml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.