How To Install ocaml-ppx-derivers on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-ppx-derivers on Rocky Linux 8. ocaml-ppx-derivers is Deriving plugin registry

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-ppx-derivers on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `ocaml-ppx-derivers`

Ppx_derivers is a tiny package whose sole purpose is to allow ppx_deriving and ppx_type_conv to inter-operate gracefully when linked as part of the same ocaml-migrate-parsetree driver.

We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-ppx-derivers on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-ppx-derivers.

Install ocaml-ppx-derivers on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocaml-ppx-derivers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-ppx-derivers

Install ocaml-ppx-derivers on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocaml-ppx-derivers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocaml-ppx-derivers

How To Uninstall ocaml-ppx-derivers on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-ppx-derivers

ocaml-ppx-derivers Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/28b36a5e8f9ee4d74cc2e8dc3c12b9ab1743db
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers/META
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers/dune-package
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers/opam
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers/ppx_derivers.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers/ppx_derivers.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers/ppx_derivers.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers/ppx_derivers.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/ppx_derivers/ppx_derivers.cmxs
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-ppx-derivers
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-ppx-derivers/CHANGES.md
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-ppx-derivers/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ocaml-ppx-derivers
/usr/share/licenses/ocaml-ppx-derivers/LICENSE.md

References

ocaml-ppx-derivers website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-ppx-derivers on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.