How To Install libtext-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtext-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtext-ocaml
libtext-ocaml is:
OCaml-Text is an OCaml library for dealing with “text”, i.e. sequences of Unicode characters, in a convenient way.
This package contains runtime libraries (shared stub library, bytecode plugin and native code plugin if available).
There are three methods to install libtext-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 libtext-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 libtext-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtext-ocaml
Install libtext-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtext-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtext-ocaml
Install libtext-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 libtext-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtext-ocaml
How To Uninstall libtext-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtext-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtext-ocaml
Uninstall libtext-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtext-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtext-ocaml
Remove libtext-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libtext-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtext-ocaml
Remove libtext-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtext-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtext-ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtext-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
