How To Install libxstr-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxstr-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libxstr-ocaml-dev is OCaml library for frequent string operations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxstr-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libxstr-ocaml-dev

libxstr-ocaml-dev is:

xstr is an OCaml library for string operations.

This package implements frequent string operations: searching, replacing, splitting, matching. It is independent from the Str library, and can replace Str in many cases. Unlike Str, xstr is thread-safe. xstr does not implement regular expressions in general, but an important subset. Some operations of xstr are performed as quickly as by Str; if the string to be processed is small, xstr is often faster than Str; if the string is big, xstr is up to half as fast than Str.

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

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

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

Install libxstr-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxstr-ocaml-dev

Install libxstr-ocaml-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxstr-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libxstr-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libxstr-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libxstr-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxstr-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libxstr-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxstr-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxstr-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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