How To Install libluv-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libluv-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.
What is libluv-ocaml-dev
libluv-ocaml-dev 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 development library of Luv.
There are three methods to install libluv-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 libluv-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 libluv-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libluv-ocaml-dev
Install libluv-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libluv-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libluv-ocaml-dev
Install libluv-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 libluv-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libluv-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libluv-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libluv-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libluv-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libluv-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libluv-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libluv-ocaml-dev
Remove libluv-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libluv-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libluv-ocaml-dev
Remove libluv-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libluv-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libluv-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libluv-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
- libuv1-dev
- libbigarray-compat-ocaml-dev-5tnk4
- libctypes-ocaml-dev-lxwb2
- libintegers-ocaml-dev-ane88
- libluv-ocaml-hnsh8
- libresult-ocaml-dev-zg6n1
- ocaml-4.13.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libluv-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
