How To Install libextlib-ocaml on Debian 10

Learn how to install libextlib-ocaml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libextlib-ocaml is extended standard library for OCaml (plugins)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextlib-ocaml on Debian 10.

What is libextlib-ocaml

libextlib-ocaml is:

ExtLib is a project aiming at providing a complete - yet small - standard library for the OCaml programming language.

This package contains plugins needed by plugins using ExtLib.

There are three methods to install libextlib-ocaml on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libextlib-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 libextlib-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libextlib-ocaml

Install libextlib-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libextlib-ocaml

Install libextlib-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 libextlib-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libextlib-ocaml

How To Uninstall libextlib-ocaml on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libextlib-ocaml

Uninstall libextlib-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libextlib-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextlib-ocaml

Remove libextlib-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libextlib-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libextlib-ocaml

Remove libextlib-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextlib-ocaml

Dependencies

libextlib-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextlib-ocaml package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.