How To Install ocaml-ocamlbuild on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-ocamlbuild on Rocky Linux 8. ocaml-ocamlbuild is Build tool for OCaml libraries and programs

Introduction

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

What is ocaml-ocamlbuild

OCamlbuild is a build tool for building OCaml libraries and programs.

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

Install ocaml-ocamlbuild 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-ocamlbuild using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-ocamlbuild

Install ocaml-ocamlbuild 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-ocamlbuild using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocaml-ocamlbuild

How To Uninstall ocaml-ocamlbuild on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-ocamlbuild

ocaml-ocamlbuild Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/ocamlbuild
/usr/bin/ocamlbuild.byte
/usr/bin/ocamlbuild.native
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/ccfc4477119d3905ea13e0d3743f9ad6aded5d
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild/ocamlbuild.cmo
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild/ocamlbuild_executor.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild/ocamlbuild_pack.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild/ocamlbuild_plugin.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild/ocamlbuild_unix_plugin.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild/ocamlbuildlib.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild/signatures.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamlbuild/signatures.cmti
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-ocamlbuild
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-ocamlbuild/Changes
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-ocamlbuild/Readme.md
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-ocamlbuild/VERSION
/usr/share/licenses/ocaml-ocamlbuild
/usr/share/licenses/ocaml-ocamlbuild/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ocamlbuild.1.gz

References

Summary

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