How To Install ocaml-hivex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-hivex in Fedora 36. ocaml-hivex is OCaml bindings for hivex

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-hivex on Fedora 36.

What is `ocaml-hivex`

ocaml-hivex contains OCaml bindings for hivex. This is for toplevel and scripting access only. To compile OCaml programs which use hivex you will also need ocaml-hivex-devel.

We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-hivex on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-hivex.

Install ocaml-hivex on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-hivex

Install ocaml-hivex on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ocaml-hivex

How To Uninstall ocaml-hivex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-hivex

ocaml-hivex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/d486a812d14150a0a70c8076729ac00d2f11ca
/usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex
/usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/META
/usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/hivex.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/hivex/mlhivex.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllmlhivex.so
/usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllmlhivex.so.owner
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-hivex
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-hivex/README

References

ocaml-hivex website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-hivex on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).