How To Install libodoc-ocaml-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libodoc-ocaml-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libodoc-ocaml-dev
libodoc-ocaml-dev is:
Odoc is a documentation generator for the OCaml programming language. It reads doc comments contained in OCaml source code, delimited with (** … *), and produces HTML.
Odoc’s main advantage over ocamldoc is an accurate cross-referencer, which handles the complexity of the OCaml module system. Odoc also offers a good opportunity to improve HTML output compared to ocamldoc.
Furthermore, odoc can be used by dune to generate documentation of OCaml projects using dune as a build-system.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libodoc-ocaml-dev
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libodoc-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 libodoc-ocaml-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libodoc-ocaml-dev
Install libodoc-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libodoc-ocaml-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libodoc-ocaml-dev
Install libodoc-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 libodoc-ocaml-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libodoc-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libodoc-ocaml-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libodoc-ocaml-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libodoc-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libodoc-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libodoc-ocaml-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libodoc-ocaml-dev
Remove libodoc-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libodoc-ocaml-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libodoc-ocaml-dev
Remove libodoc-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libodoc-ocaml-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libodoc-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libodoc-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
- libastring-ocaml-dev-qbf09
- libfpath-ocaml-dev-8fxz8
- libodoc-ocaml-69700
- libresult-ocaml-dev-ki2r2
- libtyxml-ocaml-dev-pen41
- ocaml-nox-4.11.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libodoc-ocaml-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.