How To Install libocamlviz-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libocamlviz-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libocamlviz-ocaml-dev
libocamlviz-ocaml-dev is:
Ocamlviz gives the ability to instrument an existing code, in real time, with lightweight monitoring annotations. Ocamlviz can also be used as a debugging tool.
Here are a few possibilities provided by Ocamlviz:
- observe details about the garbage collector
- observe how many times the program goes through a point
- make a set of values (any) and count its cardinal number and its size in the heap
- observe how much time passed between two points of the program
- observe the value of integers, floating-point numbers, booleans and strings
- observe details about hash tables, like the number of empty buckets, or the filling rate
- etc
This package provides the Ocamlviz library.
There are three methods to install libocamlviz-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 libocamlviz-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 libocamlviz-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libocamlviz-ocaml-dev
Install libocamlviz-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libocamlviz-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libocamlviz-ocaml-dev
Install libocamlviz-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 libocamlviz-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libocamlviz-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libocamlviz-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libocamlviz-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libocamlviz-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libocamlviz-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libocamlviz-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 libocamlviz-ocaml-dev
Remove libocamlviz-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libocamlviz-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libocamlviz-ocaml-dev
Remove libocamlviz-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libocamlviz-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libocamlviz-ocaml-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libocamlviz-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
