How To Install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev on Debian 9.
What is libppx-tools-ocaml-dev
libppx-tools-ocaml-dev is:
This package includes tools for authors of syntactic tools (such as ppx rewriters):
- ppx_metaquot: a ppx filter to help writing programs which manipulate the Parsetree, by allowing the programmer to use concrete syntax for expressions creating Parsetree fragments and patterns deconstructing Parsetree fragments;
- rewriter: a utility to help testing ppx rewriters that runs the rewriter on user-provided code and returns the result;
- Ast_mapper_class: a generic mapper from Parsetree to Parsetree implementing a deep identity copy, which can be customized with a custom behavior for each syntactic category;
- dumpast: parses fragments of OCaml code (or entire source files) and dump the resulting internal Parsetree representation;
- genlifter: generates a virtual “lifter” class for one or several OCaml type constructors.
There are three methods to install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libppx-tools-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 libppx-tools-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev
Install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev
Install libppx-tools-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libppx-tools-ocaml-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libppx-tools-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libppx-tools-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libppx-tools-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libppx-tools-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libppx-tools-ocaml-dev
Remove libppx-tools-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libppx-tools-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libppx-tools-ocaml-dev
Remove libppx-tools-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libppx-tools-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libppx-tools-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libppx-tools-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libppx-tools-ocaml-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.