How To Install liblwt-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 liblwt-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblwt-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall liblwt-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
