How To Install libbase-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.
What is libbase-ocaml-dev
libbase-ocaml-dev is:
Base is a standard library for OCaml. It provides a standard set of general purpose modules that are well-tested, performant, and fully-portable across any environment that can run OCaml code. Unlike other standard library projects, Base is meant to be used as a wholesale replacement of the standard library distributed with the OCaml compiler. In particular it makes different choices and doesn??t re-export features that are not fully portable such as I/O, which are left to other libraries.
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libbase-ocaml-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbase-ocaml-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbase-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbase-ocaml-dev
Install libbase-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbase-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbase-ocaml-dev
Install libbase-ocaml-dev 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 libbase-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbase-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libbase-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libbase-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbase-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libbase-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbase-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbase-ocaml-dev
Remove libbase-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbase-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbase-ocaml-dev
Remove libbase-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbase-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbase-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libbase-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
