How To Install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml on Debian 9. libocp-indent-lib-ocaml is OCaml indentation tool for emacs and vim - libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml on Debian 9.

What is libocp-indent-lib-ocaml

libocp-indent-lib-ocaml is:

ocp-indent is a command-line tool that allows one to indent a whole OCaml source code file (or parts of it) either to standard output or in-place. A configuration file allows user defaults as well as per-project parameters. The ratio of correctly indented lines is comparable with emacs tuareg mode while being an order of magnitude faster.

This package includes the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml 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 libocp-indent-lib-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 libocp-indent-lib-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml

Install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml

Install libocp-indent-lib-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libocp-indent-lib-ocaml

How To Uninstall libocp-indent-lib-ocaml on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libocp-indent-lib-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libocp-indent-lib-ocaml

Uninstall libocp-indent-lib-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libocp-indent-lib-ocaml

Remove libocp-indent-lib-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libocp-indent-lib-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libocp-indent-lib-ocaml

Remove libocp-indent-lib-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libocp-indent-lib-ocaml

Dependencies

libocp-indent-lib-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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