How To Install libcf-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcf-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libcf-ocaml-dev is OCaml library with miscellaneous utility functions

Introduction

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

What is libcf-ocaml-dev

libcf-ocaml-dev is:

The pagoda core foundation OCaml library provides various modules. Some of the highlighted features include:

  • Functional streams and stream processors (extended).
  • Functional bootstrapped skew-binomial heap.
  • Functional red-black binary tree (associative array).
  • Functional sets and maps based on red-black binary tree.
  • Functional real-time catenable deque.
  • Functional LL(x) parsing using state-exception monad.
  • Functional lazy deterministic finite automaton (DFA).
  • Functional lexical analyzer (using lazy DFA and monadic parser).
  • Functional substring list manipulation (message buffer chains).
  • Gregorian calendar date manipulation.
  • Standard time manipulation.
  • System time in Temps Atomique Internationale (TAI).
  • Unicode transcoding.
  • Extended socket interface (supports IPv6 and UDP w/multicast).
  • Universal resource identifier (URI) manipulation.
  • I/O event multiplexing (with Unix.select).

This package contains all the development stuff you need to use ocaml-mad in your programs.

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

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

Install libcf-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcf-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcf-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libcf-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcf-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libcf-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libcf-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcf-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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