How To Install ocamlbuild on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocamlbuild on Debian 11. ocamlbuild is Build tool for building OCaml libraries and programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocamlbuild on Debian 11.

What is ocamlbuild

ocamlbuild is:

OCamlbuild is a generic build tool, which has built-in rules for building OCaml libraries and programs.

It was distributed as part of the OCaml distribution for OCaml versions between 3.10.0 and 4.02.3. Starting from OCaml 4.03, it is now released separately.

Its job is to determine the sequence of calls to the compiler with the right set of command-line flags needed to build your OCaml-centric software project.

It was designed as a generic build system (it is in fact not OCaml-specific), but also to be expressive enough to cover the specifics of the OCaml language that make writing good Makefiles difficult, such as the dreaded “units Foo and Bar make inconsistent assumptions about Baz” error.

There are three methods to install ocamlbuild 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 ocamlbuild Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ocamlbuild using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ocamlbuild

Install ocamlbuild Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ocamlbuild using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ocamlbuild

Install ocamlbuild 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 ocamlbuild using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocamlbuild

How To Uninstall ocamlbuild on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove ocamlbuild

Uninstall ocamlbuild And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocamlbuild

Remove ocamlbuild Configurations and Data

To remove ocamlbuild configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ocamlbuild

Remove ocamlbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ocamlbuild configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocamlbuild

Dependencies

ocamlbuild have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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