How To Install libzed-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzed-ocaml on Kali Linux. libzed-ocaml is abstract engine for text edition in OCaml (runtime)

Introduction

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

What is libzed-ocaml

libzed-ocaml 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 runtime libraries for programs using zed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzed-ocaml

Install libzed-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzed-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzed-ocaml

How To Uninstall libzed-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libzed-ocaml

Uninstall libzed-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzed-ocaml

Remove libzed-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzed-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzed-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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