How To Install ocaml-menhir on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-menhir on CentOS 7. ocaml-menhir is LR(1) parser generator for OCaml

Introduction

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

What is `ocaml-menhir`

Menhir is a LR(1) parser generator for the Objective Caml programming language. That is, Menhir compiles LR(1) grammar specifications down to OCaml code. Menhir was designed and implemented by François Pottier and Yann Régis-Gianas.

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

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

sudo yum -y install ocaml-menhir

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

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-menhir

How To Uninstall ocaml-menhir on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-menhir

References

ocaml-menhir website

Summary

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