How To Install libpostgresql-ocaml on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostgresql-ocaml on Debian 12.
What is libpostgresql-ocaml
libpostgresql-ocaml is:
This OCaml-library provides an interface to PostgreSQL, an efficient and reliable, open source, relational database. Almost all functionality available through the C-API (libpq) is replicated in a type-safe way. This library uses objects for representing database connections and results of queries.
This package contains the shared runtime stub libraries and plugins.
There are three methods to install libpostgresql-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 libpostgresql-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 libpostgresql-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpostgresql-ocaml
Install libpostgresql-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpostgresql-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpostgresql-ocaml
Install libpostgresql-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 libpostgresql-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpostgresql-ocaml
How To Uninstall libpostgresql-ocaml on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libpostgresql-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpostgresql-ocaml
Uninstall libpostgresql-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpostgresql-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpostgresql-ocaml
Remove libpostgresql-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libpostgresql-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpostgresql-ocaml
Remove libpostgresql-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpostgresql-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpostgresql-ocaml
Dependencies
libpostgresql-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpostgresql-ocaml package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
