How To Install ocamlviz on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocamlviz on Ubuntu 22.04. ocamlviz is real-time profiling tools for Objective Caml (clients)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocamlviz on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ocamlviz

ocamlviz is:

Ocamlviz gives the ability to instrument an existing code, in real time, with lightweight monitoring annotations. Ocamlviz can also be used as a debugging tool.

Here are a few possibilities provided by Ocamlviz:

  • observe details about the garbage collector
  • observe how many times the program goes through a point
  • make a set of values (any) and count its cardinal number and its size in the heap
  • observe how much time passed between two points of the program
  • observe the value of integers, floating-point numbers, booleans and strings
  • observe details about hash tables, like the number of empty buckets, or the filling rate
  • etc

This package provides two sorts of client output:

  • an ASCII client, the monitoring is displayed in a file
  • a Graphical User Interface, using Lablgtk2, that allows, for instance, displaying data in a graph

There are three methods to install ocamlviz on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ocamlviz Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ocamlviz

Install ocamlviz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ocamlviz using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ocamlviz

Install ocamlviz 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 ocamlviz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocamlviz

How To Uninstall ocamlviz on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ocamlviz package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ocamlviz

Uninstall ocamlviz And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ocamlviz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocamlviz

Remove ocamlviz Configurations and Data

To remove ocamlviz configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ocamlviz

Remove ocamlviz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocamlviz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocamlviz package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.