How To Install libpcre-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libpcre-ocaml-dev is OCaml bindings for PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression)

Introduction

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

What is libpcre-ocaml-dev

libpcre-ocaml-dev is:

This OCaml-library interfaces the PCRE (Perl-compatibility regular expressions) C library. it can be used for matching regular expressions which are written in Perl style.

Compared with the OCaml standard library “Str” module, this library:

  • uses Perl style rather than Emacs one
  • is reentrant and thus thread safe
  • is faster (when compiled to native code is even faster than Perl regular expressions)
  • returns data on which you can safely use destructive updates
  • gives more “programming comfort” through a better API

This package contains all the development stuff you need to use OCaml PCRE in your programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpcre-ocaml-dev

Install libpcre-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpcre-ocaml-dev

Install libpcre-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 libpcre-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcre-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libpcre-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpcre-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libpcre-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcre-ocaml-dev

Remove libpcre-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcre-ocaml-dev

Remove libpcre-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcre-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libpcre-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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