How To Install libpycaml-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpycaml-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. libpycaml-ocaml-dev is OCaml bindings to embed Python interpreter (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpycaml-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libpycaml-ocaml-dev

libpycaml-ocaml-dev is:

Pycaml is intended to allow users to build native OCaml libraries and use them from Python, and conversely, in order to allow OCaml users to benefit from linkable libraries provided for Python.

This package contains development files.

There are three methods to install libpycaml-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpycaml-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 libpycaml-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpycaml-ocaml-dev

Install libpycaml-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpycaml-ocaml-dev

Install libpycaml-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpycaml-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libpycaml-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libpycaml-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libpycaml-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpycaml-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpycaml-ocaml-dev

Remove libpycaml-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpycaml-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpycaml-ocaml-dev

Remove libpycaml-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpycaml-ocaml-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpycaml-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.