How To Install ocaml-ulex on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-ulex
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ocaml-ulex
ocaml-ulex is:
ulex is a lexer generator for the Objective Caml (OCaml) programming language.
It is implemented as a Camlp4 syntax extension: lexer specifications are embedded in regular OCaml code.
Generated lexers work with a new kind of “lexbuf” that supports Unicode; a single lexer can work with arbitrary encodings of the input stream.
There are three methods to install ocaml-ulex
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-ulex 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-ulex
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocaml-ulex
Install ocaml-ulex Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-ulex
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocaml-ulex
Install ocaml-ulex 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ocaml-ulex
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocaml-ulex
How To Uninstall ocaml-ulex on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ocaml-ulex
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocaml-ulex
Uninstall ocaml-ulex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocaml-ulex
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocaml-ulex
Remove ocaml-ulex Configurations and Data
To remove ocaml-ulex
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocaml-ulex
Remove ocaml-ulex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocaml-ulex
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocaml-ulex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-ulex
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.