How To Install libcothreads-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libcothreads-ocaml-dev

libcothreads-ocaml-dev is:

This library enhances the Threads library of the standard OCaml distribution in two dimensions:

• It implements the same API of the standard Threads library on different execution engines (process, networker), so that a single copy of source code can be compiled and deployed to different environments without modification.
• It is also a super set of the standard Threads library, with extra components (STM etc.), functions (spawn etc.) and features (object-level compatibility etc.).

This package provides static libraries, interfaces, and documentation for coThreads.

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

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

Install libcothreads-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcothreads-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcothreads-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libcothreads-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcothreads-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libcothreads-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libcothreads-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcothreads-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

• ocaml-nox-4.11.1

References

• libcothreads-ocaml-dev website

Summary

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