How To Install ocaml-newt on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-newt on Fedora 36.
What is ocaml-newt
This is a set of OCaml bindings to newt. The newt windowing system is a terminal-based window and widget library designed for writing applications with a simple, but user-friendly, interface. While newt is not intended to provide the rich feature set advanced applications may require, it has proven to be flexible enough for a wide range of applications (most notably, the Red Hat installation process).
We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-newt on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-newt.
Install ocaml-newt 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-newt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ocaml-newt
Install ocaml-newt 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-newt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ocaml-newt
How To Uninstall ocaml-newt on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the ocaml-newt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ocaml-newt
ocaml-newt Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/e390c93dc0d4ece5d8f9163d24e27e1beb7f1f
/usr/lib64/ocaml/newt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/newt/META
/usr/lib64/ocaml/newt/mlnewt.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/newt/newt.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/newt/newt_int.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllmlnewt.so
/usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllmlnewt.so.owner
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-newt
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-newt/COPYING.LIB
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-newt on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).