How To Install ocaml-findlib on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-findlib on Debian 12.
What is ocaml-findlib
ocaml-findlib is:
The “findlib” OCaml library provides a scheme to manage reusable software components (packages), and includes tools that support this scheme. Packages are collections of OCaml modules for which metainformation can be stored. The packages are kept in the filesystem hierarchy, but with strict directory structure. The library contains functions to look the directory up that stores a package, to query metainformation about a package, and to retrieve dependency information about multiple packages.
This package contains a tool (ocamlfind) that allows the user to enter queries on the command-line. In order to simplify compilation and linkage, there are new frontends, all driven by ocamlfind, for the various OCaml compilers that can directly deal with packages.
There are three methods to install ocaml-findlib on Debian 12. 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-findlib 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-findlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-findlib
Install ocaml-findlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-findlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocaml-findlib
Install ocaml-findlib 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-findlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-findlib
How To Uninstall ocaml-findlib on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ocaml-findlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocaml-findlib
Uninstall ocaml-findlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocaml-findlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-findlib
Remove ocaml-findlib Configurations and Data
To remove ocaml-findlib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-findlib
Remove ocaml-findlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocaml-findlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-findlib
Dependencies
ocaml-findlib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-findlib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.