How To Install libluv-ocaml on Debian 12

Learn how to install libluv-ocaml on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libluv-ocaml is OCaml binding to libuv (Runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libluv-ocaml on Debian 12.

What is `libluv-ocaml`

libluv-ocaml is:

Luv is a binding to libuv, the cross-platform C library that does asynchronous I/O in Node.js and runs its main loop.

Besides asynchronous I/O, libuv also supports multiprocessing and multithreading. Multiple event loops can be run in different threads. libuv also exposes a lot of other functionality, amounting to a full OS API, and an alternative to the standard module Unix.

This package contains the runtime library of Luv.

There are three methods to install libluv-ocaml 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 libluv-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 libluv-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libluv-ocaml

Install libluv-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libluv-ocaml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libluv-ocaml

Install libluv-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libluv-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libluv-ocaml

How To Uninstall libluv-ocaml on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libluv-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libluv-ocaml

Uninstall libluv-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libluv-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libluv-ocaml

Remove libluv-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libluv-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libluv-ocaml

Remove libluv-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libluv-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libluv-ocaml

Dependencies

libluv-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libluv-ocaml package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.