How To Install libssl-ocaml on Debian 10

Learn how to install libssl-ocaml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libssl-ocaml is OCaml bindings for OpenSSL (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssl-ocaml on Debian 10.

What is libssl-ocaml

libssl-ocaml is:

OCaml library for communicating through SSL/TLS encrypted connections using the OpenSSL library.

This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.

There are three methods to install libssl-ocaml on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libssl-ocaml

Install libssl-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libssl-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libssl-ocaml

How To Uninstall libssl-ocaml on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libssl-ocaml

Uninstall libssl-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libssl-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libssl-ocaml

Remove libssl-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libssl-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libssl-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libssl-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libssl-ocaml package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.