How To Install libusb-ocaml on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb-ocaml on Debian 10.
What is libusb-ocaml
libusb-ocaml is:
OCaml-USB is a binding to libusb-1.0, a userspace USB programming library. It uses Lwt to ease use of asynchronous IO features of libusb-1.0.
This package contains the runtime libraries for OCaml-USB.
There are three methods to install libusb-ocaml on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libusb-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 libusb-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libusb-ocaml
Install libusb-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libusb-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libusb-ocaml
Install libusb-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 libusb-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libusb-ocaml
How To Uninstall libusb-ocaml on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libusb-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libusb-ocaml
Uninstall libusb-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libusb-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libusb-ocaml
Remove libusb-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libusb-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libusb-ocaml
Remove libusb-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libusb-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libusb-ocaml
Dependencies
libusb-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusb-ocaml package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.