How To Install libparsexp-ocaml on Debian 12

Learn how to install libparsexp-ocaml on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libparsexp-ocaml is S-expression parsing library (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libparsexp-ocaml on Debian 12.

What is libparsexp-ocaml

libparsexp-ocaml is:

This library provides generic parsers for parsing S-expressions from strings or other medium.

The library is focused on performances but still provide full generic parsers that can be used with strings, bigstrings, lexing buffers, character streams or any other sources effortlessly.

It provides three different class of parsers:

  • the normal parsers, producing [Sexp.t] or [Sexp.t list] values;
  • the parsers with positions, building compact position sequences so that one can recover original positions in order to report properly located errors at little cost;
  • the Concrete Syntax Tree parsers, produce values of type [Parsexp.Cst.t] which record the concrete layout of the s-expression syntax, including comments.

This library is portable and doesn’t provide IO functions. To read s-expressions from files or other external sources, you should use parsexp_io.

This package contains runtime files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libparsexp-ocaml

Install libparsexp-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libparsexp-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libparsexp-ocaml

How To Uninstall libparsexp-ocaml on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libparsexp-ocaml

Uninstall libparsexp-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libparsexp-ocaml

Remove libparsexp-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libparsexp-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libparsexp-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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