How To Install ocaml-melt on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-melt on Debian 10.
What is ocaml-melt
ocaml-melt is:
Melt is a set of libraries and tools which allows you to program LaTeX documents using OCaml. This combines the typesetting power of LaTeX with the programming power of OCaml. It can be combined with Mlpost to include figures.
This package contains command-line tools to compile Melt files.
There are three methods to install ocaml-melt 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 ocaml-melt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-melt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-melt
Install ocaml-melt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-melt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocaml-melt
Install ocaml-melt 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 ocaml-melt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-melt
How To Uninstall ocaml-melt on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ocaml-melt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocaml-melt
Uninstall ocaml-melt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocaml-melt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-melt
Remove ocaml-melt Configurations and Data
To remove ocaml-melt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-melt
Remove ocaml-melt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocaml-melt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-melt
Dependencies
ocaml-melt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-melt package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.