How To Install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.
What is libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev
libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev is:
An implementation of an HTTP client and server using the Lwt concurrency library. See the Cohttp_lwt_unix module for information on how to use this. The package also installs cohttp-curl-lwt and a cohttp-server-lwt binaries for quick uses of a HTTP(S) client and server respectively.
Although the name implies that this only works under Unix, it should also be fine under Windows too.
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev 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-unix-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 libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev
Install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev
Install libcohttp-lwt-unix-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev
Remove libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev
Remove libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcohttp-lwt-unix-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
