How To Install libfindlib-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfindlib-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libfindlib-ocaml-dev
libfindlib-ocaml-dev is:
The “findlib” OCaml library provides a scheme to manage reusable software components (packages), and includes tools that support this scheme. Packages are collections of OCaml modules for which metainformation can be stored. The packages are kept in the filesystem hierarchy, but with strict directory structure. The library contains functions to look the directory up that stores a package, to query metainformation about a package, and to retrieve dependency information about multiple packages.
This package contains development files needed to compile programs using findlib.
There are three methods to install libfindlib-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 libfindlib-ocaml-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfindlib-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfindlib-ocaml-devInstall libfindlib-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfindlib-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfindlib-ocaml-devInstall libfindlib-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfindlib-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfindlib-ocaml-devHow To Uninstall libfindlib-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libfindlib-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfindlib-ocaml-devUninstall libfindlib-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfindlib-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfindlib-ocaml-devRemove libfindlib-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfindlib-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfindlib-ocaml-devRemove libfindlib-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfindlib-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfindlib-ocaml-devDependencies
libfindlib-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfindlib-ocaml-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.