How To Install libtext-ocaml-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtext-ocaml-dev on Debian 10.
What is libtext-ocaml-dev
libtext-ocaml-dev is:
OCaml-Text is an OCaml library for dealing with “text”, i.e. sequences of Unicode characters, in a convenient way. It supports:
- encoding/decoding of text;
- functions for manipulation of UTF-8 encoded strings, such as validation and most of the functions from “List” and “String” modules of the OCaml standard library, adapted for UTF-8 strings;
- locale-specific text functions (compare, upper, is_alpha, …).
It is composed of two modules:
- “Encoding” for encoding/decoding text
- “Text” for text manipulation
This package contains all the development stuff you need to use the OCaml-Text library in your programs.
There are three methods to install libtext-ocaml-dev 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 libtext-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 libtext-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtext-ocaml-dev
Install libtext-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtext-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtext-ocaml-dev
Install libtext-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libtext-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtext-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libtext-ocaml-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libtext-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtext-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libtext-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtext-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtext-ocaml-dev
Remove libtext-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtext-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtext-ocaml-dev
Remove libtext-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtext-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtext-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libtext-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtext-ocaml-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
