How To Install ocaml-core on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-core
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ocaml-core
ocaml-core is:
A metapackage containing dependencies on, and suggestions of packages useful for developing in the Objective Caml (OCaml) programming language.
Includes dependencies on various tools related to OCaml like compiler and preprocessor, tuareg mode for the emacs editor, package manager, documentation tool and more.
There are three methods to install ocaml-core
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-core 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-core
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-core
Install ocaml-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-core
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocaml-core
Install ocaml-core 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-core
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-core
How To Uninstall ocaml-core on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ocaml-core
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocaml-core
Uninstall ocaml-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocaml-core
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-core
Remove ocaml-core Configurations and Data
To remove ocaml-core
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-core
Remove ocaml-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocaml-core
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-core
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.