How To Install libobus-ocaml-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libobus-ocaml-dev on Debian 9. libobus-ocaml-dev is pure OCaml implementation of D-Bus (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libobus-ocaml-dev on Debian 9.

What is libobus-ocaml-dev

libobus-ocaml-dev is:

OBus is a pure OCaml implementation of D-Bus. It aims to provide a clean and easy way for OCaml programmers to access and provide D-Bus services.

D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. It supports broadcast messages, asynchronous messages (thus decreasing latency), authentication, and more. It is designed to be low-overhead. D-Bus also supports a method call mapping for its messages.

This package contains development files of OBus.

There are three methods to install libobus-ocaml-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libobus-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 libobus-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libobus-ocaml-dev

Install libobus-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libobus-ocaml-dev

Install libobus-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 libobus-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libobus-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libobus-ocaml-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libobus-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libobus-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libobus-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libobus-ocaml-dev

Remove libobus-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libobus-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libobus-ocaml-dev

Remove libobus-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libobus-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libobus-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libobus-ocaml-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.