How To Install libocamlgsl-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libocamlgsl-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libocamlgsl-ocaml
libocamlgsl-ocaml 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 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 libocamlgsl-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 libocamlgsl-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libocamlgsl-ocaml
Install libocamlgsl-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libocamlgsl-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libocamlgsl-ocaml
Install libocamlgsl-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libocamlgsl-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libocamlgsl-ocaml
How To Uninstall libocamlgsl-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libocamlgsl-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libocamlgsl-ocaml
Uninstall libocamlgsl-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libocamlgsl-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libocamlgsl-ocaml
Remove libocamlgsl-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libocamlgsl-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libocamlgsl-ocaml
Remove libocamlgsl-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libocamlgsl-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libocamlgsl-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libocamlgsl-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
