How To Install libcamlp4-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamlp4-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcamlp4-ocaml-dev
libcamlp4-ocaml-dev is:
Camlp4 is a software system for writing extensible parsers for programming languages. It provides a set of OCaml libraries that are used to define grammars as well as loadable syntax extensions of such grammars. Camlp4 stands for Caml Preprocessor and Pretty-Printer and one of its most important applications is the definition of domain-specific extensions of the syntax of OCaml.
This package contains CamlP4 libraries.
There are three methods to install libcamlp4-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 libcamlp4-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 libcamlp4-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcamlp4-ocaml-dev
Install libcamlp4-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcamlp4-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcamlp4-ocaml-dev
Install libcamlp4-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 libcamlp4-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcamlp4-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libcamlp4-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcamlp4-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcamlp4-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libcamlp4-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcamlp4-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 libcamlp4-ocaml-dev
Remove libcamlp4-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcamlp4-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcamlp4-ocaml-dev
Remove libcamlp4-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcamlp4-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcamlp4-ocaml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamlp4-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
