How To Install libfindlib-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfindlib-ocaml-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfindlib-ocaml-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.