How To Install libpycaml-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpycaml-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpycaml-ocaml
libpycaml-ocaml is:
Pycaml is intended to allow users to build native OCaml libraries and use them from Python, and conversely, in order to allow OCaml users to benefit from linkable libraries provided for Python.
This package contains the runtime library.
There are three methods to install libpycaml-ocaml 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 libpycaml-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 libpycaml-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpycaml-ocaml
Install libpycaml-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpycaml-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpycaml-ocaml
Install libpycaml-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpycaml-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpycaml-ocaml
How To Uninstall libpycaml-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpycaml-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpycaml-ocaml
Uninstall libpycaml-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpycaml-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpycaml-ocaml
Remove libpycaml-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libpycaml-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpycaml-ocaml
Remove libpycaml-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpycaml-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpycaml-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpycaml-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
