How To Install liblwt-ocaml-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ocaml-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. liblwt-ocaml-doc is cooperative light-weight thread library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ocaml-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblwt-ocaml-doc

liblwt-ocaml-doc 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 the complete API reference for Lwt, including OpenSSL, GLib bindings, and examples.

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

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

Install liblwt-ocaml-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblwt-ocaml-doc

Install liblwt-ocaml-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblwt-ocaml-doc

How To Uninstall liblwt-ocaml-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liblwt-ocaml-doc

Uninstall liblwt-ocaml-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblwt-ocaml-doc 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-doc

Remove liblwt-ocaml-doc Configurations and Data

To remove liblwt-ocaml-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwt-ocaml-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.