How To Install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc on Kali Linux. libocamlviz-ocaml-doc is real-time profiling tools for Objective Caml (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libocamlviz-ocaml-doc

libocamlviz-ocaml-doc 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 API documentation of the Ocamlviz library generated by ocamldoc out the source code.

There are three methods to install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc on Kali Linux. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc

Install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc

Install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc

How To Uninstall libocamlviz-ocaml-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libocamlviz-ocaml-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libocamlviz-ocaml-doc

Uninstall libocamlviz-ocaml-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libocamlviz-ocaml-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libocamlviz-ocaml-doc

Remove libocamlviz-ocaml-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libocamlviz-ocaml-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libocamlviz-ocaml-doc

Remove libocamlviz-ocaml-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libocamlviz-ocaml-doc

Dependencies

libocamlviz-ocaml-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libocamlviz-ocaml-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.