How To Install libpprint-ocaml on Debian 12

Learn how to install libpprint-ocaml on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libpprint-ocaml is Pretty printing toolbox for OCaml (runtime files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpprint-ocaml on Debian 12.

What is libpprint-ocaml

libpprint-ocaml is:

OCaml library for pretty-printing textual documents. It takes care of indentation and line breaks, and is typically used on code.

This package contains the runtime files to use the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpprint-ocaml

Install libpprint-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpprint-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpprint-ocaml

How To Uninstall libpprint-ocaml on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libpprint-ocaml

Uninstall libpprint-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpprint-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpprint-ocaml

Remove libpprint-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libpprint-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpprint-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpprint-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpprint-ocaml package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.