How To Install ocaml-dune on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-dune
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ocaml-dune
ocaml-dune is:
Dune is a build system designed for OCaml/Reason projects only. It focuses on providing the user with a consistent experience and takes care of most of the low-level details of OCaml compilation. All you have to do is provide a description of your project and Dune will do the rest.
There are three methods to install ocaml-dune
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-dune 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-dune
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-dune
Install ocaml-dune Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-dune
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocaml-dune
Install ocaml-dune 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-dune
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-dune
How To Uninstall ocaml-dune on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ocaml-dune
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocaml-dune
Uninstall ocaml-dune And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocaml-dune
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-dune
Remove ocaml-dune Configurations and Data
To remove ocaml-dune
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-dune
Remove ocaml-dune configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocaml-dune
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-dune
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-dune
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.