How To Install libzip-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libzip-ocaml
libzip-ocaml is:
This Objective Caml library provides easy access to compressed files in ZIP and GZIP format, as well as to Java JAR files. It provides functions for reading from and writing to compressed files in these formats.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libzip-ocaml 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 libzip-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 libzip-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzip-ocaml
Install libzip-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzip-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzip-ocaml
Install libzip-ocaml 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 libzip-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzip-ocaml
How To Uninstall libzip-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libzip-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzip-ocaml
Uninstall libzip-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzip-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzip-ocaml
Remove libzip-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libzip-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzip-ocaml
Remove libzip-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzip-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzip-ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.