How To Install libxstr-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxstr-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxstr-ocaml-dev
libxstr-ocaml-dev is:
xstr is an OCaml library for string operations.
This package implements frequent string operations: searching, replacing, splitting, matching. It is independent from the Str library, and can replace Str in many cases. Unlike Str, xstr is thread-safe. xstr does not implement regular expressions in general, but an important subset. Some operations of xstr are performed as quickly as by Str; if the string to be processed is small, xstr is often faster than Str; if the string is big, xstr is up to half as fast than Str.
There are three methods to install libxstr-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 libxstr-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 libxstr-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxstr-ocaml-dev
Install libxstr-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxstr-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxstr-ocaml-dev
Install libxstr-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 libxstr-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxstr-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libxstr-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxstr-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxstr-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libxstr-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxstr-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 libxstr-ocaml-dev
Remove libxstr-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxstr-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxstr-ocaml-dev
Remove libxstr-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxstr-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxstr-ocaml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxstr-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
