How To Install libutop-ocaml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutop-ocaml on Debian 9. libutop-ocaml is improved OCaml toplevel (runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutop-ocaml on Debian 9.

What is libutop-ocaml

libutop-ocaml is:

utop is an improved toplevel for OCaml. It can run in a terminal or in Emacs. It supports line edition, history, real-time and context sensitive completion, colors, and more.

This package contains the runtime libraries for programs using the utop library.

There are three methods to install libutop-ocaml on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libutop-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 libutop-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libutop-ocaml

Install libutop-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libutop-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libutop-ocaml

How To Uninstall libutop-ocaml on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libutop-ocaml

Uninstall libutop-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libutop-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libutop-ocaml

Remove libutop-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libutop-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libutop-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libutop-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutop-ocaml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.