How To Install libbigarray-compat-ocaml on Debian 12

Learn how to install libbigarray-compat-ocaml on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libbigarray-compat-ocaml is compatibility library for Stdlib.Bigarray (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbigarray-compat-ocaml on Debian 12.

What is libbigarray-compat-ocaml

libbigarray-compat-ocaml is:

This is a library that exposes Stdlib.Bigarray when possible (>= 4.07) but can fallback to Bigarray. The compatibility bigarray module is exposed under Bigarray_compat.

This package contains the runtime libraries for programs using bigarray-compat.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbigarray-compat-ocaml

Install libbigarray-compat-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbigarray-compat-ocaml

Install libbigarray-compat-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbigarray-compat-ocaml

How To Uninstall libbigarray-compat-ocaml on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libbigarray-compat-ocaml

Uninstall libbigarray-compat-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbigarray-compat-ocaml

Remove libbigarray-compat-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbigarray-compat-ocaml

Remove libbigarray-compat-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbigarray-compat-ocaml

Dependencies

libbigarray-compat-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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