How To Install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libcamlimages-ocaml-dev is OCaml image processing library (Development package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libcamlimages-ocaml-dev

libcamlimages-ocaml-dev is:

CamlImages is an image processing library for OCaml, which provides:

  • basic functions for image processing and loading/saving various image file formats (hence providing a translation facility from format to format)

  • an interface with the Caml graphics library allows one to display images in the Graphics module screen and to mix them with Caml drawings

  • a freetype interface, integrated into the library: you can draw texts into images using any truetype fonts

In addition, the library can handle huge images that cannot be (or can hardly be) stored into the main memory (the library then automatically creates swap files and escapes them to reduce the memory usage).

This package contains the development part of the camlimages library.

There are three methods to install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev 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 libcamlimages-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 libcamlimages-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev

Install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev

Install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev 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 libcamlimages-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libcamlimages-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcamlimages-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcamlimages-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libcamlimages-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcamlimages-ocaml-dev

Remove libcamlimages-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcamlimages-ocaml-dev

Remove libcamlimages-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcamlimages-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libcamlimages-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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