How To Install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev on Debian 11.
What is libgnuplot-ocaml-dev
libgnuplot-ocaml-dev is:
Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven interactive data and function plotting utility that supports different output formats. This package provides an interface to Gnuplot from the Objective CAML programming language. All functions talk to gnuplot through a pipe, so crude animations are possible.
There are three methods to install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgnuplot-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 libgnuplot-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev
Install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev
Install libgnuplot-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 libgnuplot-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libgnuplot-ocaml-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libgnuplot-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnuplot-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libgnuplot-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnuplot-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnuplot-ocaml-dev
Remove libgnuplot-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgnuplot-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnuplot-ocaml-dev
Remove libgnuplot-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnuplot-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnuplot-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libgnuplot-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuplot-ocaml-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.