How To Install libcairo-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcairo-ocaml
libcairo-ocaml is:
Cairo is a multi-platform library providing anti-aliased vector-based rendering for multiple target backends. Paths consist of line segments and cubic splines and can be rendered at any width with various join and cap styles. All colors may be specified with optional translucence (opacity/alpha) and combined using the extended Porter/Duff compositing algebra as found in the X Render Extension.
Cairo exports a stateful rendering API similar in spirit to the path construction, text, and painting operators of PostScript, (with the significant addition of translucence in the imaging model). When complete, the API is intended to support the complete imaging model of PDF 1.4.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libcairo-ocaml 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 libcairo-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 libcairo-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcairo-ocaml
Install libcairo-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcairo-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcairo-ocaml
Install libcairo-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 libcairo-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcairo-ocaml
How To Uninstall libcairo-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcairo-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcairo-ocaml
Uninstall libcairo-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcairo-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcairo-ocaml
Remove libcairo-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libcairo-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcairo-ocaml
Remove libcairo-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcairo-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcairo-ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
