How To Install libres-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libres-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libres-ocaml-dev

libres-ocaml-dev is:

This OCaml library consists of a set of modules which implement automatically resizing (i.e. reallocating) data structures that consume a contiguous part of memory.

This allows appending and removing of elements to/from arrays (both boxed and unboxed), strings (i.e. buffers), bit strings and weak arrays while still maintaining fast constant-time access to elements.

There are also functors that allow the generation of similar modules which use different reallocation strategies.

There are three methods to install libres-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libres-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 libres-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libres-ocaml-dev

Install libres-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libres-ocaml-dev

Install libres-ocaml-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libres-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libres-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libres-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libres-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libres-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libres-ocaml-dev

Remove libres-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libres-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libres-ocaml-dev

Remove libres-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libres-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libres-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

• ocaml-nox-4.11.1

References

• libres-ocaml-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libres-ocaml-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.