How To Install libnum-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnum-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.
What is libnum-ocaml-dev
libnum-ocaml-dev 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 development files.
There are three methods to install libnum-ocaml-dev 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-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 libnum-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnum-ocaml-dev
Install libnum-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnum-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnum-ocaml-dev
Install libnum-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnum-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnum-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libnum-ocaml-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnum-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnum-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libnum-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnum-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnum-ocaml-dev
Remove libnum-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnum-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnum-ocaml-dev
Remove libnum-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnum-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnum-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libnum-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnum-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
