How To Install libfindlib-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfindlib-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libfindlib-ocaml-dev is library for managing OCaml libraries (development files)

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 update

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

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

Install libfindlib-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfindlib-ocaml-dev

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfindlib-ocaml-dev

How 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-dev

Uninstall 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-dev

Remove 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-dev

Remove 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-dev

Dependencies

libfindlib-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

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.