How To Install ocaml-odoc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-odoc on Debian 12.
What is ocaml-odoc
ocaml-odoc is:
Odoc is a documentation generator for the OCaml programming language. It reads doc comments contained in OCaml source code, delimited with (** … *), and produces HTML.
Odoc’s main advantage over ocamldoc is an accurate cross-referencer, which handles the complexity of the OCaml module system. Odoc also offers a good opportunity to improve HTML output compared to ocamldoc.
Furthermore, odoc can be used by dune to generate documentation of OCaml projects using dune as a build-system.
This package contains the odoc tool.
There are three methods to install ocaml-odoc 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-odoc 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-odoc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-odoc
Install ocaml-odoc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-odoc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocaml-odoc
Install ocaml-odoc 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-odoc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-odoc
How To Uninstall ocaml-odoc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ocaml-odoc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocaml-odoc
Uninstall ocaml-odoc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocaml-odoc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-odoc
Remove ocaml-odoc Configurations and Data
To remove ocaml-odoc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-odoc
Remove ocaml-odoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocaml-odoc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-odoc
Dependencies
ocaml-odoc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-odoc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
