How To Install libzed-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzed-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libzed-ocaml-dev
libzed-ocaml-dev is:
Zed is an abstract engine for text edition. It can be used to write text editors, edition widgets, readlines, …
Zed uses Camomile to fully support the Unicode specification, and implements an UTF-8 encoded string type with validation, and a rope datastructure to achieve efficient operations on large Unicode buffers. Zed also features a regular expression search on ropes.
To support efficient text edition capabilities, Zed provides macro recording and cursor management facilities.
This package contains the development stuff needed to use the zed library in your programs.
There are three methods to install libzed-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 libzed-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 libzed-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzed-ocaml-dev
Install libzed-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzed-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzed-ocaml-dev
Install libzed-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 libzed-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzed-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libzed-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libzed-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzed-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libzed-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzed-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 libzed-ocaml-dev
Remove libzed-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzed-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzed-ocaml-dev
Remove libzed-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzed-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzed-ocaml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzed-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
