How To Install ocamlviz 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 ocamlviz on Ubuntu.
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. 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
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, 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 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
Dependencies
ocamlviz have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocamlviz package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.