How To Install libstdcompat-ocaml on Debian 12

Learn how to install libstdcompat-ocaml on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libstdcompat-ocaml is compatibility module for OCaml standard library (runtime)

Introduction

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

What is libstdcompat-ocaml

libstdcompat-ocaml is:

Stdcompat is a compatibility layer allowing programs to use some recent additions to the OCaml standard library while preserving the ability to be compiled on former versions of OCaml.

The module Stdcompat provides some definitions for values and types introduced in recent versions of the standard library. These definitions are just aliases to the matching definition of the standard library if the latter is recent enough. Otherwise, the module Stdcompat provides an alternative implementation.

This package contains the runtime files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libstdcompat-ocaml

Install libstdcompat-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstdcompat-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libstdcompat-ocaml

How To Uninstall libstdcompat-ocaml on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libstdcompat-ocaml

Uninstall libstdcompat-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstdcompat-ocaml

Remove libstdcompat-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libstdcompat-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libstdcompat-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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