How To Install libsyslog-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsyslog-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsyslog-ocaml
libsyslog-ocaml is:
This library provides syslog client functions for OCaml programs. These functions are implemented almost entirely in OCaml, not as bindings to the standard C library.
This package contains the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libsyslog-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 libsyslog-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 libsyslog-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsyslog-ocaml
Install libsyslog-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsyslog-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsyslog-ocaml
Install libsyslog-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 libsyslog-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsyslog-ocaml
How To Uninstall libsyslog-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsyslog-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsyslog-ocaml
Uninstall libsyslog-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsyslog-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsyslog-ocaml
Remove libsyslog-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libsyslog-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsyslog-ocaml
Remove libsyslog-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsyslog-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsyslog-ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsyslog-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
