How To Install libqtest-ocaml on Debian 12

Learn how to install libqtest-ocaml on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libqtest-ocaml is Inline (Unit) Tests for OCaml (Runtime library)

Introduction

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

What is libqtest-ocaml

libqtest-ocaml is:

qtest extracts inline unit tests written using a special syntax in comments. Those tests are then run using the oUnit framework and the qcheck library. The possibilities range from trivial tests – extremely simple to use – to sophisticated random generation of test cases.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libqtest-ocaml

Install libqtest-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libqtest-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libqtest-ocaml

How To Uninstall libqtest-ocaml on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libqtest-ocaml

Uninstall libqtest-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqtest-ocaml

Remove libqtest-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libqtest-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libqtest-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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