How To Install polyml-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install polyml-modules on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is polyml-modules
polyml-modules is:
Poly/ML is an implementation of the Standard ML programming language Standard ML is a general-purpose, modular, type-safe, strict, functional programming language. Poly/ML is SML 97 compliant interpreter and compiler that supports the generation of stand-alone executables with an interactive toplevel (REPL).
This package provides the standard modules for Poly/ML.
There are three methods to install polyml-modules 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 polyml-modules Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install polyml-modules using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install polyml-modules
Install polyml-modules Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install polyml-modules using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install polyml-modules
Install polyml-modules 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 polyml-modules using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install polyml-modules
How To Uninstall polyml-modules on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the polyml-modules package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove polyml-modules
Uninstall polyml-modules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall polyml-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove polyml-modules
Remove polyml-modules Configurations and Data
To remove polyml-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge polyml-modules
Remove polyml-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove polyml-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polyml-modules
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install polyml-modules package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
