How To Install libyojson-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyojson-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libyojson-ocaml-dev is JSON library for OCaml - development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyojson-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libyojson-ocaml-dev

libyojson-ocaml-dev is:

Yojson is an optimized parsing and printing library for the JSON format. It addresses a few shortcomings of json-wheel including 3x speed improvement, polymorphic variants and optional syntax for tuples and variants.

It is a replacement for json-wheel (libjson-wheel-ocaml-dev).

This package contain the development files needed for programming with the library.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install libyojson-ocaml-dev

Install libyojson-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libyojson-ocaml-dev

Install libyojson-ocaml-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libyojson-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libyojson-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libyojson-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libyojson-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libyojson-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyojson-ocaml-dev

Remove libyojson-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libyojson-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libyojson-ocaml-dev

Remove libyojson-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyojson-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libyojson-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyojson-ocaml-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.