How To Install libmorsmall-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 libmorsmall-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu.

What is `libmorsmall-ocaml-dev`

libmorsmall-ocaml-dev is:

The morsmall library defines a type for abstract syntax trees of POSIX shell scripts. It also provides a converter from the concrete syntax trees produced by the morbig parser to abstract syntax, and a printer from abstract syntax to shell.

This development library is only useful when you are developing OCaml programs that act on shell scripts.

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

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

Install libmorsmall-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmorsmall-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmorsmall-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libmorsmall-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove libmorsmall-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libmorsmall-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libmorsmall-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmorsmall-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

libmorsmall-ocaml-dev website

Summary

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