How To Install libbase64-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase64-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04. libbase64-ocaml is Base64 encoding and decoding OCaml library (runtime files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase64-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libbase64-ocaml

libbase64-ocaml is:

Base64 is a group of similar binary-to-text encoding schemes that represent binary data in an ASCII string format by translating it into a radix-64 representation. It is specified in RFC 2045.

This package contains runtime files.

There are three methods to install libbase64-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libbase64-ocaml Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbase64-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbase64-ocaml

Install libbase64-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbase64-ocaml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbase64-ocaml

Install libbase64-ocaml 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libbase64-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbase64-ocaml

How To Uninstall libbase64-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libbase64-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbase64-ocaml

Uninstall libbase64-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbase64-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbase64-ocaml

Remove libbase64-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libbase64-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbase64-ocaml

Remove libbase64-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbase64-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbase64-ocaml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase64-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.