How To Install libounit-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libounit-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libounit-ocaml-dev
libounit-ocaml-dev is:
OUnit is a unit testing framework for OCaml, imspired by the JUnit tool for Java and the HUnit tool for Haskell.
OUnit is designed to provide a convenient way for you to write tests for your OCaml code. Tests can be aggregated into test suites, making it easy to both write tests close to the code being examined and execute a comprehensive aggregate set of tests – or any subset of it.
There are three methods to install libounit-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libounit-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 libounit-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libounit-ocaml-dev
Install libounit-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libounit-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libounit-ocaml-dev
Install libounit-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libounit-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libounit-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libounit-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libounit-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libounit-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libounit-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libounit-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libounit-ocaml-dev
Remove libounit-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libounit-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libounit-ocaml-dev
Remove libounit-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libounit-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libounit-ocaml-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libounit-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
