How To Install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev on Debian 11.
What is libbin-prot-ocaml-dev
libbin-prot-ocaml-dev is:
bin-prot provides functionalities for reading and writing OCaml-values in a type-safe binary protocol.
These functions provide a safe way of performing I/O on any extensionally defined data type. Functions, objects, and values whose type is bound through a polymorphic record field are not supported, but everything else is.
There is no support for cyclic or shared values and only little endian computer architectures are supported.
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbin-prot-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 libbin-prot-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev
Install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev
Install libbin-prot-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 libbin-prot-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libbin-prot-ocaml-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libbin-prot-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbin-prot-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libbin-prot-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbin-prot-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbin-prot-ocaml-dev
Remove libbin-prot-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbin-prot-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbin-prot-ocaml-dev
Remove libbin-prot-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbin-prot-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbin-prot-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libbin-prot-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
- libbase-ocaml-dev-cz6f0
- libbin-prot-ocaml-2s695
- libppx-compare-ocaml-dev-wtz56
- libppx-sexp-conv-ocaml-dev-vz0a2
- libsexplib0-ocaml-dev-drlz0
- libvariantslib-ocaml-dev-z8tg7
- ocaml-nox-4.11.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbin-prot-ocaml-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.