How To Install libuutf-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuutf-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libuutf-ocaml
libuutf-ocaml 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 dynamically loadable modules for plugins.
There are three methods to install libuutf-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 libuutf-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 libuutf-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libuutf-ocaml
Install libuutf-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libuutf-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libuutf-ocaml
Install libuutf-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 libuutf-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libuutf-ocaml
How To Uninstall libuutf-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libuutf-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libuutf-ocaml
Uninstall libuutf-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libuutf-ocaml 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
Remove libuutf-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libuutf-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libuutf-ocaml
Remove libuutf-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libuutf-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuutf-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuutf-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
