How To Install libmikmatch-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmikmatch-ocaml on Kali Linux. libmikmatch-ocaml is camlp4 extension for pattern matching with regexps - runtime

Introduction

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

What is libmikmatch-ocaml

libmikmatch-ocaml is:

Mikmatch provides enhanced pattern matching with regexps for OCaml.

The goal of Mikmatch is to make text-oriented programs even easier to write, read and run without losing the unique and powerful features of OCaml. Mikmatch provides a concise and highly readable syntax for regular expressions, and integrates it into the syntax of OCaml thanks to Camlp4.

The implementation of Mikmatch consists essentially of:

  • a library which is loaded by the OCaml preprocessor (Camlp4) and defines sophisticated “macros”, i.e. the modified syntax;
  • a traditional library (runtime) which is required by the programs that use the Mikmatch syntax;
  • a dedicated ‘mikmatch’ command which can be used as a replacement for ‘ocaml’ in scripts or as an interactive toplevel. It performs automatically these steps: preprocessing, compilation and execution.

This package contains the shared runtime libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmikmatch-ocaml

Install libmikmatch-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmikmatch-ocaml

Install libmikmatch-ocaml 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 libmikmatch-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmikmatch-ocaml

How To Uninstall libmikmatch-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmikmatch-ocaml

Uninstall libmikmatch-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmikmatch-ocaml

Remove libmikmatch-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmikmatch-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmikmatch-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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