How To Install liblwt-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. liblwt-ocaml-dev is cooperative light-weight thread library for OCaml

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

What is liblwt-ocaml-dev

liblwt-ocaml-dev is:

Lwt is a library for cooperative threads implemented in a monadic style. Unlike preemptive threads, cooperative threads do not use a scheduler to distribute processor time between threads. Instead, each thread must announce that it wants to let the others run.

This package contains all the development stuff you need to use the core Lwt OCaml library in your programs.

There are three methods to install liblwt-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblwt-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 liblwt-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblwt-ocaml-dev

Install liblwt-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblwt-ocaml-dev

Install liblwt-ocaml-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblwt-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall liblwt-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liblwt-ocaml-dev

Uninstall liblwt-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblwt-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblwt-ocaml-dev

Remove liblwt-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblwt-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblwt-ocaml-dev

Remove liblwt-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblwt-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

liblwt-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ocaml-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.