How To Install libbin-prot-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbin-prot-ocaml on Kali Linux. libbin-prot-ocaml is type-safe binary serialization for OCaml values (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbin-prot-ocaml on Kali Linux.

What is libbin-prot-ocaml

libbin-prot-ocaml 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 runtime files.

There are three methods to install libbin-prot-ocaml on Kali Linux. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbin-prot-ocaml

Install libbin-prot-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbin-prot-ocaml

Install libbin-prot-ocaml Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbin-prot-ocaml

How To Uninstall libbin-prot-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libbin-prot-ocaml

Uninstall libbin-prot-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbin-prot-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbin-prot-ocaml

Remove libbin-prot-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libbin-prot-ocaml configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbin-prot-ocaml

Remove libbin-prot-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbin-prot-ocaml

Dependencies

libbin-prot-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbin-prot-ocaml package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.