How To Install ocaml-camlidl on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-camlidl on Rocky Linux 8.
What is ocaml-camlidl
CamlIDL is a stub code generator and COM binding for Objective Caml. CamlIDL comprises two parts * A stub code generator that generates the C stub code required for the Caml/C interface, based on an MIDL specification. (MIDL stands for Microsoft’s Interface Description Language; it looks like C header files with some extra annotations, plus a notion of object interfaces that look like C++ classes without inheritance.) * A (currently small) library of functions and tools to import COM components in Caml applications, and export Caml code as COM components.
We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-camlidl on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-camlidl.
Install ocaml-camlidl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ocaml-camlidl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ocaml-camlidl
Install ocaml-camlidl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ocaml-camlidl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ocaml-camlidl
How To Uninstall ocaml-camlidl on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the ocaml-camlidl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ocaml-camlidl
ocaml-camlidl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/camlidl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/ece13d14e99191ebc8f2e46bb9912094e27007
/usr/lib64/ocaml/META.camlidl
/usr/lib64/ocaml/com.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/com.cmi
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-camlidl
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-camlidl/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-camlidl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.