How To Install libbatteries-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbatteries-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libbatteries-ocaml-dev
libbatteries-ocaml-dev is:
Batteries included is a community-driven effort to standardize on an uniform, documented, and comprehensive OCaml development platform.
Batteries included serves the following purposes:
- define a standard set of libraries which may be expected on every compliant installation of OCaml
- organize these libraries into a hierarchy of modules, with one source of documentation
- define a standard set of language extensions which may be expected on every compliant installation of OCaml
- provide a consistent API for otherwise independent libraries.
This package contains the core part of batteries included: libraries and language extensions for the OCaml language. Using this package you can develop OCaml programs built on top of batteries included.
There are three methods to install libbatteries-ocaml-dev 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 libbatteries-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 libbatteries-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbatteries-ocaml-dev
Install libbatteries-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbatteries-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbatteries-ocaml-dev
Install libbatteries-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libbatteries-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbatteries-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libbatteries-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libbatteries-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbatteries-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libbatteries-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbatteries-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbatteries-ocaml-dev
Remove libbatteries-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbatteries-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbatteries-ocaml-dev
Remove libbatteries-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbatteries-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbatteries-ocaml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbatteries-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
