How To Install ocaml-sexplib on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-sexplib on CentOS 7.
What is ocaml-sexplib
This library contains functionality for parsing and pretty-printing S-expressions. In addition to that it contains an extremely useful preprocessing module for Camlp4, which can be used to automatically generate code from type definitions for efficiently converting OCaml-values to S-expressions and vice versa. In combination with the parsing and pretty-printing functionality this frees users from having to write their own I/O-routines for datastructures they define. Possible errors during automatic conversions from S-expressions to OCaml-values are reported in a very human-readable way. Another module in the library allows you to extract and replace sub-expressions in S-expressions.
We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-sexplib on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-sexplib.
Install ocaml-sexplib 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-sexplib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ocaml-sexplib
Install ocaml-sexplib 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-sexplib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ocaml-sexplib
How To Uninstall ocaml-sexplib on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ocaml-sexplib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ocaml-sexplib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-sexplib on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
