How To Install libodoc-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is libodoc-ocaml

libodoc-ocaml 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 runtime files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libodoc-ocaml

Install libodoc-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libodoc-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libodoc-ocaml

How To Uninstall libodoc-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libodoc-ocaml

Uninstall libodoc-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libodoc-ocaml

Remove libodoc-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libodoc-ocaml

Remove libodoc-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libodoc-ocaml

Dependencies

libodoc-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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