How To Install libcamltemplate-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamltemplate-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04. libcamltemplate-ocaml is configurable library for generating text from templates in OCaml

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamltemplate-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcamltemplate-ocaml

libcamltemplate-ocaml is:

CamlTemplate is a library for generating text from templates in OCaml. It can be used to generate web pages, scripts, SQL queries, XML documents and other sorts of text.

This library defines a small templating language, with basic operations like #if or #foreach. To use this library you need to configure the data source that will be used in the template with the templating language.

This package contains the shared runtime libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcamltemplate-ocaml

Install libcamltemplate-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcamltemplate-ocaml

Install libcamltemplate-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 libcamltemplate-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcamltemplate-ocaml

How To Uninstall libcamltemplate-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libcamltemplate-ocaml

Uninstall libcamltemplate-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcamltemplate-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcamltemplate-ocaml

Remove libcamltemplate-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libcamltemplate-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcamltemplate-ocaml

Remove libcamltemplate-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcamltemplate-ocaml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamltemplate-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.