How To Install libusb-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04. libusb-ocaml is OCaml bindings to libusb-1.0 (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libusb-ocaml

libusb-ocaml is:

OCaml-USB is a binding to libusb-1.0, a userspace USB programming library. It uses Lwt to ease use of asynchronous IO features of libusb-1.0.

This package contains the runtime libraries for OCaml-USB.

There are three methods to install libusb-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libusb-ocaml

Install libusb-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libusb-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libusb-ocaml

How To Uninstall libusb-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libusb-ocaml

Uninstall libusb-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libusb-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libusb-ocaml

Remove libusb-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libusb-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libusb-ocaml

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb-ocaml package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.