How To Install libbenchmark-ocaml-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libbenchmark-ocaml-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libbenchmark-ocaml-dev is OCaml benchmarking library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbenchmark-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.

What is libbenchmark-ocaml-dev

libbenchmark-ocaml-dev is:

This library implements benchmarking functions for measuring the run-time of one or many functions using latency (multiple repetitions) or throughput (repeat until some time period has passed) tests.

It is inspired by the Perl module of the same name ( benchmark ).

There are three methods to install libbenchmark-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 libbenchmark-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 libbenchmark-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbenchmark-ocaml-dev

Install libbenchmark-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbenchmark-ocaml-dev

Install libbenchmark-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 libbenchmark-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbenchmark-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libbenchmark-ocaml-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libbenchmark-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libbenchmark-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbenchmark-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbenchmark-ocaml-dev

Remove libbenchmark-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libbenchmark-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbenchmark-ocaml-dev

Remove libbenchmark-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbenchmark-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libbenchmark-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbenchmark-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.