How To Install ocaml-runtime on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-runtime on CentOS 7. ocaml-runtime is OCaml runtime environment

Introduction

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

What is ocaml-runtime

OCaml is a high-level, strongly-typed, functional and object-oriented programming language from the ML family of languages. This package contains the runtime environment needed to run OCaml bytecode.

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

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

sudo yum -y install ocaml-runtime

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

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-runtime

How To Uninstall ocaml-runtime on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-runtime

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Summary

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