How To Install libcurses-ocaml 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 libcurses-ocaml on Ubuntu.
What is libcurses-ocaml
libcurses-ocaml is:
The ncurses library provides functions to create rich text-mode interfaces. This package contains the necessary files to use the ncurses library in OCaml.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libcurses-ocaml 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 libcurses-ocaml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcurses-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcurses-ocaml
Install libcurses-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcurses-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcurses-ocaml
Install libcurses-ocaml 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 libcurses-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcurses-ocaml
How To Uninstall libcurses-ocaml on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libcurses-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcurses-ocaml
Uninstall libcurses-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcurses-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcurses-ocaml
Remove libcurses-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libcurses-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcurses-ocaml
Remove libcurses-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcurses-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcurses-ocaml
Dependencies
libcurses-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurses-ocaml package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.