How To Install libbiniou-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbiniou-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libbiniou-ocaml-dev
libbiniou-ocaml-dev is:
Biniou is a binary data format designed for speed, safety, ease of use and backward compatibility as protocols evolve. Biniou is vastly equivalent to JSON in terms of functionality but allows implementations about 4 times as fast (see godi-yojson for comparison), with 25-35% space savings. Biniou data can be decoded into human-readable form without knowledge of type definitions except for field and variant names which are represented by 31-bit hashes.
This package contains the development files needed for programming with the library.
There are three methods to install libbiniou-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 libbiniou-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 libbiniou-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbiniou-ocaml-dev
Install libbiniou-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbiniou-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbiniou-ocaml-dev
Install libbiniou-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 libbiniou-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbiniou-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libbiniou-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libbiniou-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbiniou-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libbiniou-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbiniou-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 libbiniou-ocaml-dev
Remove libbiniou-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbiniou-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbiniou-ocaml-dev
Remove libbiniou-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbiniou-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbiniou-ocaml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbiniou-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
