How To Install libcohttp-lwt-ocaml on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcohttp-lwt-ocaml on Debian 12.
What is libcohttp-lwt-ocaml
libcohttp-lwt-ocaml is:
This is a portable implementation of CoHTTP that uses the Lwt concurrency library to multiplex IO. It implements as much of the logic in an OS-independent way as possible, so that more specialised modules can be tailored for different targets. For example, you can install cohttp-lwt-unix or cohttp-lwt-jsoo for a Unix or JavaScript backend, or cohttp-mirage for the MirageOS unikernel version of the library. All of these implementations share the same IO logic from this module.
This package contains the shared runtime libraries.
There are three methods to install libcohttp-lwt-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 libcohttp-lwt-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 libcohttp-lwt-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcohttp-lwt-ocaml
Install libcohttp-lwt-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcohttp-lwt-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcohttp-lwt-ocaml
Install libcohttp-lwt-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 libcohttp-lwt-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcohttp-lwt-ocaml
How To Uninstall libcohttp-lwt-ocaml on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcohttp-lwt-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcohttp-lwt-ocaml
Uninstall libcohttp-lwt-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcohttp-lwt-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcohttp-lwt-ocaml
Remove libcohttp-lwt-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libcohttp-lwt-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcohttp-lwt-ocaml
Remove libcohttp-lwt-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcohttp-lwt-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcohttp-lwt-ocaml
Dependencies
libcohttp-lwt-ocaml have the following dependencies:
- libangstrom-ocaml-ziad1
- libcohttp-ocaml-r9rm2
- liblogs-ocaml-o9wc2
- liblwt-ocaml-py3u4
- libsexplib0-ocaml-dj6s4
- liburi-ocaml-fraz4
- ocaml-base-4.13.1
- libppx-sexp-conv-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcohttp-lwt-ocaml package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
