How To Install libreact-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreact-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libreact-ocaml-dev
libreact-ocaml-dev is:
React is an OCaml module for functional reactive programming. It provides support to program with time varying values: applicative events and signals. React doesn’t define any primitive event or signal, this lets the client chooses the concrete timeline.
This package contains development files of React.
There are three methods to install libreact-ocaml-dev 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 libreact-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 libreact-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreact-ocaml-dev
Install libreact-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreact-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreact-ocaml-dev
Install libreact-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libreact-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreact-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libreact-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libreact-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreact-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libreact-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreact-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreact-ocaml-dev
Remove libreact-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libreact-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreact-ocaml-dev
Remove libreact-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreact-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreact-ocaml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreact-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.