How To Install ocaml-compiler-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-compiler-libs on CentOS 7. ocaml-compiler-libs is Compiler libraries for OCaml

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-compiler-libs on CentOS 7.

What is ocaml-compiler-libs

OCaml is a high-level, strongly-typed, functional and object-oriented programming language from the ML family of languages. This package contains some modules used internally by the OCaml compilers, useful for the development of some OCaml applications. Note that this exposes internal details of the OCaml compiler which may not be portable between versions.

We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-compiler-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-compiler-libs.

Install ocaml-compiler-libs 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-compiler-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocaml-compiler-libs

Install ocaml-compiler-libs 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-compiler-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-compiler-libs

How To Uninstall ocaml-compiler-libs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-compiler-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-compiler-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.