How to Install and Uninstall ocaml Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 22,2025

You can also install and uninstall the ocaml on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ocaml" package

This tutorial shows how to install ocaml on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ocaml" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ocaml on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ocaml package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ocaml
Version: 4.13.1-4
Installed-Size: 285421
Maintainer: Debian OCaml Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: ocaml-nox (<< 4.13)
Provides: libseq-ocaml-dev, libstdlib-shims-ocaml-dev, libuchar-ocaml-dev, ocaml-4.13.1, ocaml-best-compilers (= 4.13.1-4), ocaml-native-compilers (= 4.13.1-4)
Depends: ocaml-interp (= 4.13.1-4), libncurses-dev, gcc, binutils, libc6 (>= 2.35), ocaml-base-4.13.1
Recommends: ocaml-man, file
Suggests: ocaml-doc, elpa-tuareg
Breaks: ocaml-nox (<< 4.13)
Description: ML language implementation with a class-based object system
Description-md5: cd93523c79e01d09a2d592898dd5d034
Homepage: https://ocaml.org/
Tag: devel::compiler, devel::interpreter, devel::lang:ocaml,
implemented-in::ocaml, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: ocaml
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/ocaml/ocaml_4.13.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 72145688
MD5sum: 9d534010cb0da34a626fd3fdd47a8a04
SHA256: 98ca43adc3edb8994bb89830e51b3bdb7d25449db41a5702cf8ff39696c404ea