How To Install libocp-indent-ocaml-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libocp-indent-ocaml-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libocp-indent-ocaml-dev is OCaml indentation tool for emacs and vim - development libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libocp-indent-ocaml-dev on Debian 12.

What is libocp-indent-ocaml-dev

libocp-indent-ocaml-dev 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 development libraries.

There are three methods to install libocp-indent-ocaml-dev on Debian 12. 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-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 libocp-indent-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libocp-indent-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

How To Uninstall libocp-indent-ocaml-dev on Debian 12

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

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

Uninstall libocp-indent-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libocp-indent-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libocp-indent-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libocp-indent-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libocp-indent-ocaml-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.