How To Install libzarith-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzarith-ocaml on Kali Linux. libzarith-ocaml is arithmetic and logical operations over arbitrary-precision integers (runtime)

Introduction

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

What is libzarith-ocaml

libzarith-ocaml is:

The Zarith library implements arithmetic and logical operations over arbitrary-precision integers. It uses GMP to efficiently implement arithmetic over big integers. Small integers are represented as Caml unboxed integers, for speed and space economy.

This package provides the shared library for running applications linked against libzarith-ocaml.

There are three methods to install libzarith-ocaml 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 libzarith-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 libzarith-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzarith-ocaml

Install libzarith-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzarith-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzarith-ocaml

How To Uninstall libzarith-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libzarith-ocaml

Uninstall libzarith-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzarith-ocaml

Remove libzarith-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzarith-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzarith-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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