How To Install libipaddr-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipaddr-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.
What is libipaddr-ocaml-dev
libipaddr-ocaml-dev is:
This is a library for manipulation of IP (and MAC) address representations.
Features:
- IPv4 and IPv6 support
- IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR prefix support
- IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR-scoped address support
- Integration with the standard OCaml distribution (Map.OrderedType, Unix, top-level)
- IP address scope classification
- IPv4-mapped addresses in IPv6 (::ffff:0:0/96) are an embedding of IPv4
- MAC-48 (Ethernet) address support
- All types have sexplib serializers/deserializers
This package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libipaddr-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 libipaddr-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 libipaddr-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libipaddr-ocaml-dev
Install libipaddr-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libipaddr-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libipaddr-ocaml-dev
Install libipaddr-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 libipaddr-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libipaddr-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libipaddr-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libipaddr-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libipaddr-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libipaddr-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libipaddr-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipaddr-ocaml-dev
Remove libipaddr-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libipaddr-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libipaddr-ocaml-dev
Remove libipaddr-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libipaddr-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipaddr-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libipaddr-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
- libcstruct-ocaml-dev-ljuo2
- libdomain-name-ocaml-dev-qt4u0
- libipaddr-ocaml-jwdb5
- libsexplib0-ocaml-dev-dj6s4
- ocaml-4.13.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libipaddr-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.