cppo software package provides cpp for OCaml, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cppo
cppo is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cppo package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cppo *
You will get with cppo package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Ocaml |
| Package | cppo |
| Version | 1.3.1-2 |
| Description | cpp for OCaml |
| Sub Section | Ocaml |