How To Install libobus-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libobus-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libobus-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
