How To Install ocaml-extlib on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-extlib on Rocky Linux 8. ocaml-extlib is OCaml ExtLib additions to the standard library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-extlib on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ocaml-extlib

ExtLib is a project aiming at providing a complete - yet small - standard library for the OCaml programming language. The purpose of this library is to add new functions to OCaml Standard Library modules, to modify some functions in order to get better performances or more safety (tail-recursive) but also to provide new modules which should be useful for the average OCaml programmer.

We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-extlib on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-extlib.

Install ocaml-extlib on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocaml-extlib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-extlib

Install ocaml-extlib on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ocaml-extlib

How To Uninstall ocaml-extlib on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-extlib

ocaml-extlib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/ccb3115790d9125e1fc360b15b87de49a083e7
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/IO.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/IO.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/IO.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/META
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/base64.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/base64.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/base64.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/bitSet.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/bitSet.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/bitSet.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/dllist.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/dllist.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/dllist.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/dynArray.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/dynArray.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/dynArray.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/enum.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/enum.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/enum.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extArray.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extArray.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extArray.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extBuffer.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extBuffer.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extBuffer.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extBytes.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extBytes.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extBytes.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extHashtbl.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extHashtbl.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extHashtbl.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extLib.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extLib.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extLib.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extLib.cmxs
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extList.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extList.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extList.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extString.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extString.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/extString.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/global.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/global.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/global.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/optParse.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/optParse.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/optParse.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/option.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/option.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/option.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/pMap.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/pMap.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/pMap.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/refList.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/refList.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/refList.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/std.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/std.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/std.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/uChar.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/uChar.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/uChar.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/uTF8.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/uTF8.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/uTF8.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/unzip.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/unzip.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/extlib/unzip.cmti
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-extlib
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-extlib/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ocaml-extlib
/usr/share/licenses/ocaml-extlib/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-extlib on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.