How To Install libinotify-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinotify-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libinotify-ocaml
libinotify-ocaml is:
This library provides OCaml bindings for using inotify.
Inotify is a Linux kernel subsystem, that notice changes to the filesystem, and report those changes to applications.
This package contains shared library.
There are three methods to install libinotify-ocaml 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 libinotify-ocaml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libinotify-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libinotify-ocaml
Install libinotify-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libinotify-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libinotify-ocaml
Install libinotify-ocaml 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 libinotify-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libinotify-ocaml
How To Uninstall libinotify-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libinotify-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libinotify-ocaml
Uninstall libinotify-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libinotify-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinotify-ocaml
Remove libinotify-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libinotify-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libinotify-ocaml
Remove libinotify-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libinotify-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinotify-ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinotify-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
