How To Install ocp-indent on Debian 10

Learn how to install ocp-indent on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ocp-indent is OCaml indentation tool for emacs and vim - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocp-indent on Debian 10.

What is ocp-indent

ocp-indent is:

ocp-indent is a command-line tool that allows one to indent a whole OCaml source code file (or parts of it) either to standard output or in-place. A configuration file allows user defaults as well as per-project parameters. The ratio of correctly indented lines is comparable with emacs tuareg mode while being an order of magnitude faster.

This package includes the runtime binary and the vim and emacs extensions.

There are three methods to install ocp-indent 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 ocp-indent Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ocp-indent

Install ocp-indent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ocp-indent

Install ocp-indent 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 ocp-indent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocp-indent

How To Uninstall ocp-indent on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ocp-indent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ocp-indent

Uninstall ocp-indent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ocp-indent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocp-indent

Remove ocp-indent Configurations and Data

To remove ocp-indent configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ocp-indent

Remove ocp-indent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocp-indent

Dependencies

ocp-indent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocp-indent package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.