How To Install ocaml-source on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-source on Kali Linux.

What is ocaml-source

ocaml-source is:

Objective Caml (OCaml) is an implementation of the ML language, based on the Caml Light dialect extended with a complete class-based object system and a powerful module system in the style of Standard ML.

This package contains the sources needed to build some packages which build depend on the OCaml source. Notice that if you want to rebuild OCaml, these will not work, consider using the source package instead.

There are three methods to install ocaml-source on Kali Linux. 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-source 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-source using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-source

Install ocaml-source Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-source using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ocaml-source

Install ocaml-source Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-source using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-source

How To Uninstall ocaml-source on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ocaml-source

Uninstall ocaml-source And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ocaml-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-source

Remove ocaml-source Configurations and Data

To remove ocaml-source configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-source

Remove ocaml-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ocaml-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-source

Dependencies

ocaml-source have the following dependencies:

References

• ocaml-source website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-source package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.