How To Install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libcamlimages-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libcamlimages-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamlimages-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
