How To Install ocaml-postgresql on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-postgresql in Fedora 36. ocaml-postgresql is OCaml library for accessing PostgreSQL databases

Introduction

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

What is `ocaml-postgresql`

This OCaml-library provides an interface to PostgreSQL, an efficient and reliable, open source, relational database. Almost all functionality available through the C-API (libpq) is replicated in a type-safe way. This library uses objects for representing database connections and results of queries.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-postgresql

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

sudo yum -y install ocaml-postgresql

How To Uninstall ocaml-postgresql on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-postgresql

ocaml-postgresql Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/51e42a6872ca0b603f37c46c14e1bc911a03da
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/40502af6cb04d58a971adb5f60e4c7d210c0eb
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/META
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/postgresql.annot
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/postgresql.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/postgresql.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/postgresql.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/postgresql.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/postgresql.cmx
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/postgresql.cmxs
/usr/lib64/ocaml/postgresql/postgresql_compat.cmx
/usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllpostgresql_stubs.so
/usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllpostgresql_stubs.so.owner
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-postgresql
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-postgresql/COPYING.txt

References

ocaml-postgresql website

Summary

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