How To Install ocaml on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml on CentOS 7.
What is ocaml
OCaml is a high-level, strongly-typed, functional and object-oriented programming language from the ML family of languages. This package comprises two batch compilers (a fast bytecode compiler and an optimizing native-code compiler), an interactive toplevel system, parsing tools (Lex,Yacc), a replay debugger, a documentation generator, and a comprehensive library.
We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml.
Install ocaml on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ocaml using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ocaml
Install ocaml on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ocaml using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ocaml
How To Uninstall ocaml on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
