How To Install libbitstring-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbitstring-ocaml
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libbitstring-ocaml
libbitstring-ocaml is:
Bitstring adds Erlang-style bitstrings and matching over bitstrings as a syntax extension and library for OCaml.
You can use this module to both parse and generate binary formats, files and protocols.
Bitstring handling is added as primitives to the language, making it simple to use.
Bitstring handles integers, strings, sub-bitstrings, big-, little- and native-endianness, signed and unsigned types, variable-width fields, fields with arbitrary bit alignment.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libbitstring-ocaml
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbitstring-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 libbitstring-ocaml
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbitstring-ocaml
Install libbitstring-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbitstring-ocaml
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbitstring-ocaml
Install libbitstring-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libbitstring-ocaml
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbitstring-ocaml
How To Uninstall libbitstring-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libbitstring-ocaml
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbitstring-ocaml
Uninstall libbitstring-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbitstring-ocaml
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbitstring-ocaml
Remove libbitstring-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libbitstring-ocaml
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbitstring-ocaml
Remove libbitstring-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbitstring-ocaml
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbitstring-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbitstring-ocaml
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.