How To Install libconfig-file-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-file-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libconfig-file-ocaml-dev is OCaml library for managing configuration files (dev files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-file-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libconfig-file-ocaml-dev

libconfig-file-ocaml-dev is:

Config_file is an OCaml library used to manage the configuration file(s) of an application. You simply define your options and it performs the loading and saving of the options. Each option is defined from an option class (for example an “int” option) or from a combination of classes (for example to create “list of int” options).

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

sudo apt-get -y install libconfig-file-ocaml-dev

Install libconfig-file-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libconfig-file-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libconfig-file-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libconfig-file-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libconfig-file-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libconfig-file-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libconfig-file-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 libconfig-file-ocaml-dev

Remove libconfig-file-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig-file-ocaml-dev

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig-file-ocaml-dev

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Summary

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