How To Install libcamlp-streams-ocaml on Debian 12

Learn how to install libcamlp-streams-ocaml on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libcamlp-streams-ocaml is Stream and Genlex libraries for use with Camlp4 and Camlp5 (runtime files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamlp-streams-ocaml on Debian 12.

What is libcamlp-streams-ocaml

libcamlp-streams-ocaml is:

The camlp-streams package provides two library modules:

  • Stream: imperative streams, with in-place update and memoization of the latest element produced.
  • Genlex: a small parameterized lexical analyzer producing streams of tokens from streams of characters. The two modules are designed for use with Camlp4 and Camlp5. The Stream module can also be used by hand-written recursive-descent parsers.

This package contains runtime files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcamlp-streams-ocaml

Install libcamlp-streams-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcamlp-streams-ocaml

Install libcamlp-streams-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcamlp-streams-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcamlp-streams-ocaml

How To Uninstall libcamlp-streams-ocaml on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libcamlp-streams-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcamlp-streams-ocaml

Uninstall libcamlp-streams-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcamlp-streams-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcamlp-streams-ocaml

Remove libcamlp-streams-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libcamlp-streams-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcamlp-streams-ocaml

Remove libcamlp-streams-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcamlp-streams-ocaml

Dependencies

libcamlp-streams-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamlp-streams-ocaml package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.