How To Install ocaml-hivex on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-hivex on CentOS 7. ocaml-hivex is OCaml bindings for hivex

Introduction

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

What is ocaml-hivex

ocaml-hivex contains OCaml bindings for hivex. This is for toplevel and scripting access only. To compile OCaml programs which use hivex you will also need ocaml-hivex-devel.

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

Install ocaml-hivex 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-hivex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocaml-hivex

Install ocaml-hivex 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-hivex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-hivex

How To Uninstall ocaml-hivex on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-hivex

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Summary

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