How To Install libbos-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbos-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.
What is libbos-ocaml-dev
libbos-ocaml-dev is:
Bos provides support for basic and robust interaction with the operating system in OCaml. It has functions to access the process environment, parse command line arguments, interact with the file system and run command line programs.
Bos works equally well on POSIX and Windows operating systems.
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libbos-ocaml-dev 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 libbos-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 libbos-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbos-ocaml-dev
Install libbos-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbos-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbos-ocaml-dev
Install libbos-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 libbos-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbos-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libbos-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libbos-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbos-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libbos-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbos-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbos-ocaml-dev
Remove libbos-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbos-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbos-ocaml-dev
Remove libbos-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbos-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbos-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libbos-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
- libastring-ocaml-dev-vegc2
- libbos-ocaml-ztki1
- libfmt-ocaml-dev-g2ob2
- libfpath-ocaml-dev-aa1f3
- liblogs-ocaml-dev-o9wc2
- librresult-ocaml-dev-ovtc7
- ocaml-4.13.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbos-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
