How To Install libatdgen-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libatdgen-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu.

What is `libatdgen-ocaml-dev`

libatdgen-ocaml-dev is:

Atdgen is a command-line program that takes as input type definitions in the ATD syntax and produces OCaml code suitable for data serialization and deserialization. Two data formats are currently supported, these are biniou and JSON.

This package contains the adtgen executable and the files necessary for programming with the library.

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

Install libatdgen-ocaml-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libatdgen-ocaml-dev

Install libatdgen-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libatdgen-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libatdgen-ocaml-dev

Install libatdgen-ocaml-dev 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 libatdgen-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libatdgen-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libatdgen-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libatdgen-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libatdgen-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libatdgen-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libatdgen-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libatdgen-ocaml-dev

Remove libatdgen-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libatdgen-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libatdgen-ocaml-dev

Remove libatdgen-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libatdgen-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libatdgen-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libatdgen-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

libatdgen-ocaml-dev website

Summary

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