How To Install libexpat-ocaml-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libexpat-ocaml-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libexpat-ocaml-dev is OCaml expat bindings (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexpat-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.

What is libexpat-ocaml-dev

libexpat-ocaml-dev is:

This Objective Caml library provides XML parsing facilities based on the expat library.

This package contains the development part of the OCaml expat package.

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

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

Install libexpat-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libexpat-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libexpat-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libexpat-ocaml-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libexpat-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libexpat-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libexpat-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libexpat-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libexpat-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libexpat-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexpat-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.