How To Install libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev
libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev is:
This package contains tools to help building Jane Street Packages. However most of it is general purpose. It contains:
- an oasis2opam-install tool to produce a .install file from the oasis build log;
- an js_build_tools ocamlbuild plugin with various goodies.
There are three methods to install libjs-build-tools-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 libjs-build-tools-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 libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev
Install libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev
Install libjs-build-tools-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 libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-build-tools-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 libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev
Remove libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev
Remove libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-build-tools-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
