How To Install libfmt-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.
What is libfmt-ocaml-dev
libfmt-ocaml-dev is:
Fmt exposes combinators to devise Format pretty-printing functions.
Fmt depends only on the OCaml standard library. The optional Fmt_tty library that allows one to setup formatters for terminal color output depends on the Unix library.
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libfmt-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 libfmt-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 libfmt-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfmt-ocaml-dev
Install libfmt-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfmt-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfmt-ocaml-dev
Install libfmt-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 libfmt-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfmt-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libfmt-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libfmt-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfmt-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libfmt-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfmt-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfmt-ocaml-dev
Remove libfmt-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfmt-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfmt-ocaml-dev
Remove libfmt-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfmt-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfmt-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libfmt-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
