How To Install libpostgresql-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostgresql-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libpostgresql-ocaml-dev
libpostgresql-ocaml-dev is:
This OCaml-library provides an interface to PostgreSQL, an efficient and reliable, open source, relational database. Almost all functionality available through the C-API (libpq) is replicated in a type-safe way. This library uses objects for representing database connections and results of queries.
This package contains all the development stuff you need to use OCaml Postgres bindings in your programs.
There are three methods to install libpostgresql-ocaml-dev 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 libpostgresql-ocaml-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpostgresql-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpostgresql-ocaml-devInstall libpostgresql-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpostgresql-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpostgresql-ocaml-devInstall libpostgresql-ocaml-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpostgresql-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpostgresql-ocaml-devHow To Uninstall libpostgresql-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpostgresql-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpostgresql-ocaml-devUninstall libpostgresql-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpostgresql-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpostgresql-ocaml-devRemove libpostgresql-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpostgresql-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpostgresql-ocaml-devRemove libpostgresql-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpostgresql-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpostgresql-ocaml-devDependencies
libpostgresql-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostgresql-ocaml-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
