How To Install ocaml-batteries-included on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-batteries-included on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ocaml-batteries-included
ocaml-batteries-included is:
Batteries included is a community-driven effort to standardize on an uniform, documented, and comprehensive OCaml development platform.
Batteries included serves the following purposes:
- define a standard set of libraries which may be expected on every compliant installation of OCaml
- organize these libraries into a hierarchy of modules, with one source of documentation
- define a standard set of language extensions which may be expected on every compliant installation of OCaml
- provide a consistent API for otherwise independent libraries.
This metapackage is provided for convenience, to install all of batteries included at once.
There are three methods to install ocaml-batteries-included 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 ocaml-batteries-included Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-batteries-included using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-batteries-included
Install ocaml-batteries-included Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-batteries-included using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocaml-batteries-included
Install ocaml-batteries-included 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 ocaml-batteries-included using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-batteries-included
How To Uninstall ocaml-batteries-included on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ocaml-batteries-included package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocaml-batteries-included
Uninstall ocaml-batteries-included And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocaml-batteries-included and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-batteries-included
Remove ocaml-batteries-included Configurations and Data
To remove ocaml-batteries-included configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-batteries-included
Remove ocaml-batteries-included configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocaml-batteries-included configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-batteries-included
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-batteries-included package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
