How To Install libuutf-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuutf-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libuutf-ocaml-dev
libuutf-ocaml-dev is:
Uutf is an non-blocking streaming Unicode codec for OCaml to decode and encode the UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE encoding schemes. It can efficiently work character by character without blocking on IO. Decoders perform character position tracking and support newline normalization.
Functions are also provided to fold over the characters of UTF encoded OCaml string values and to directly encode characters in OCaml Buffer.t values
This package contains the development modules you need to use Uutf in your programs and associated documentation.
There are three methods to install libuutf-ocaml-dev 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 libuutf-ocaml-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libuutf-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libuutf-ocaml-dev
Install libuutf-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libuutf-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libuutf-ocaml-dev
Install libuutf-ocaml-dev 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 libuutf-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libuutf-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libuutf-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libuutf-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libuutf-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libuutf-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libuutf-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuutf-ocaml-dev
Remove libuutf-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libuutf-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libuutf-ocaml-dev
Remove libuutf-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libuutf-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuutf-ocaml-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuutf-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
