How To Install libreactivedata-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreactivedata-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04. libreactivedata-ocaml is FRP with incremental changes in data structures (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreactivedata-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libreactivedata-ocaml

libreactivedata-ocaml is:

ReactiveData is an OCaml module for functional reactive programming (FRP) based on React. It adds support to incremental changes in data structures by reasoning on patches instead of absolute values.

This package contains dynamically loadable plugins of ReactiveData.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreactivedata-ocaml

Install libreactivedata-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreactivedata-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libreactivedata-ocaml

How To Uninstall libreactivedata-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libreactivedata-ocaml

Uninstall libreactivedata-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreactivedata-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreactivedata-ocaml

Remove libreactivedata-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libreactivedata-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreactivedata-ocaml

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreactivedata-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.