How To Install libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev on Debian 9. libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev is GNU scientific library for OCaml

Introduction

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

What is libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev

libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev is:

This is an interface to GSL (GNU scientific library), for the Objective Caml language.

See the libgsl2 package for more details.

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

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

Install libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libocamlgsl-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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