How To Install polyml on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install polyml on Ubuntu 22.04. polyml is interpreter and interactive compiler for Standard ML

Introduction

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

What is polyml

polyml 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 top-level interpreter and compiler.

There are three methods to install polyml 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 polyml 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install polyml

Install polyml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install polyml

Install polyml 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install polyml

How To Uninstall polyml on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove polyml

Uninstall polyml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove polyml

Remove polyml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge polyml

Remove polyml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polyml

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Summary

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