How To Install librope-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librope-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. librope-ocaml-dev is ropes (heavyweight strings) for OCaml (Development package)

Introduction

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

What is librope-ocaml-dev

librope-ocaml-dev is:

Ropes are a scalable string implementation: they are designed for efficient operation that involve the string as a whole such as concatenation and substring. This library implements ropes for OCaml. It is rich enough to replace strings.

This package contains the files that are necessary to compile OCaml code that uses the rope library.

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

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

Install librope-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librope-ocaml-dev

Install librope-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 librope-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librope-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall librope-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librope-ocaml-dev

Uninstall librope-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove librope-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

librope-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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