How To Install libzed-ocaml-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzed-ocaml-dev on Debian 11. libzed-ocaml-dev is abstract engine for text edition in OCaml (development tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzed-ocaml-dev on Debian 11.

What is libzed-ocaml-dev

libzed-ocaml-dev is:

Zed is an abstract engine for text edition. It can be used to write text editors, edition widgets, readlines, …

Zed uses Camomile to fully support the Unicode specification, and implements an UTF-8 encoded string type with validation, and a rope datastructure to achieve efficient operations on large Unicode buffers. Zed also features a regular expression search on ropes.

To support efficient text edition capabilities, Zed provides macro recording and cursor management facilities.

This package contains the development stuff needed to use the zed library in your programs.

There are three methods to install libzed-ocaml-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

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

Install libzed-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzed-ocaml-dev

Install libzed-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 libzed-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzed-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libzed-ocaml-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libzed-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libzed-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzed-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libzed-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libzed-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzed-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzed-ocaml-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.