How To Install ocamlbuild on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocamlbuild
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ocamlbuild
ocamlbuild is:
OCamlbuild is a generic build tool, that has built-in rules for building OCaml library and programs.
It was distributed as part of the OCaml distribution for OCaml versions between 3.10.0 and 4.02.3. Starting from OCaml 4.03, it is now released separately.
Its job is to determine the sequence of calls to the compiler — with the right set of command-line flags — needed to build your OCaml-centric software project.
It was designed as a generic build system (it is in fact not OCaml-specific), but also to be expressive enough to cover the specifics of the OCaml language that make writing good Makefiles difficult, such as the dreaded units Foo and Bar make inconsistent assumptions about Baz error.
There are three methods to install ocamlbuild
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ocamlbuild Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ocamlbuild
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocamlbuild
Install ocamlbuild Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocamlbuild
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocamlbuild
Install ocamlbuild 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 ocamlbuild
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocamlbuild
How To Uninstall ocamlbuild on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ocamlbuild
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocamlbuild
Uninstall ocamlbuild And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocamlbuild
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocamlbuild
Remove ocamlbuild Configurations and Data
To remove ocamlbuild
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocamlbuild
Remove ocamlbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocamlbuild
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocamlbuild
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocamlbuild
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.