How To Install libnum-ocaml on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnum-ocaml on Debian 12.
What is libnum-ocaml
libnum-ocaml is:
This OCaml library implements arbitrary-precision arithmetic on big integers and on rationals.
This is a legacy library. It used to be part of the core OCaml distribution (in otherlibs/num) but is now distributed separately. New applications that need arbitrary-precision arithmetic should use the Zarith library (https://github.com/ocaml/Zarith) instead of the Num library, and older applications that already use Num are encouraged to switch to Zarith. Zarith delivers much better performance than Num and has a nicer API.
This package contains runtime files.
There are three methods to install libnum-ocaml 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 libnum-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 libnum-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnum-ocaml
Install libnum-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnum-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnum-ocaml
Install libnum-ocaml 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 libnum-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnum-ocaml
How To Uninstall libnum-ocaml on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnum-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnum-ocaml
Uninstall libnum-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnum-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnum-ocaml
Remove libnum-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libnum-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnum-ocaml
Remove libnum-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnum-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnum-ocaml
Dependencies
libnum-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnum-ocaml package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
