How To Install dune on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dune
on Debian 10.
What is dune
dune is:
Dune is a build system designed for OCaml/Reason projects only. It focuses on providing the user with a consistent experience and takes care of most of the low-level details of OCaml compilation. All you have to do is provide a description of your project and Dune will do the rest.
There are three methods to install dune
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 dune Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dune
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dune
Install dune Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dune
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dune
Install dune 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 dune
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dune
How To Uninstall dune on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dune
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dune
Uninstall dune And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dune
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dune
Remove dune Configurations and Data
To remove dune
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dune
Remove dune configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dune
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dune
Dependencies
dune have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dune
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.