How To Install ocaml-compiler-libs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-compiler-libs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ocaml-compiler-libs
ocaml-compiler-libs is:
Objective (OCaml) is an implementation of the ML language, based on the Caml Light dialect extended with a complete class-based object system and a powerful module system in the style of Standard ML.
This package contains several modules used internally by the OCaml compilers. They are not needed for normal OCaml development, but may be helpful in the development of certain applications.
There are three methods to install ocaml-compiler-libs
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-compiler-libs 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-compiler-libs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-compiler-libs
Install ocaml-compiler-libs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-compiler-libs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocaml-compiler-libs
Install ocaml-compiler-libs 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-compiler-libs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-compiler-libs
How To Uninstall ocaml-compiler-libs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ocaml-compiler-libs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocaml-compiler-libs
Uninstall ocaml-compiler-libs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocaml-compiler-libs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-compiler-libs
Remove ocaml-compiler-libs Configurations and Data
To remove ocaml-compiler-libs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-compiler-libs
Remove ocaml-compiler-libs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocaml-compiler-libs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-compiler-libs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-compiler-libs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.