How To Install libodoc-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodoc-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libodoc-ocaml-dev is documentation generator for OCaml (development libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libodoc-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 libodoc-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libodoc-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libodoc-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

References

Summary

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