How To Install tuareg-mode on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuareg-mode on Debian 9. tuareg-mode is emacs-mode for OCaml programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuareg-mode on Debian 9.

What is tuareg-mode

tuareg-mode is:

It handles automatic indentation of Objective Caml and Caml-Light code. Key parts of the code are highlighted using Font-Lock. It provides support to run an interactive OCaml toplevel and debugger. It works both with FSF Emacs and XEmacs.

This mode attempts to give better results than the one provided in the standard distribution of OCaml and which is available through the ocaml-mode package. Indentation rules are slightly different but closer to classical functional languages indentation. Tuareg-mode gives access to some functionalities from ocaml-mode when that package is installed.

There are three methods to install tuareg-mode on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tuareg-mode Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tuareg-mode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tuareg-mode

Install tuareg-mode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tuareg-mode

Install tuareg-mode 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install tuareg-mode

How To Uninstall tuareg-mode on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tuareg-mode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tuareg-mode

Uninstall tuareg-mode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tuareg-mode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuareg-mode

Remove tuareg-mode Configurations and Data

To remove tuareg-mode configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tuareg-mode

Remove tuareg-mode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuareg-mode

Dependencies

tuareg-mode have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuareg-mode package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.