How To Install libflac-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 libflac-ocaml on Ubuntu.
What is libflac-ocaml
libflac-ocaml is:
This package provides an interface to the flac library for OCaml programmers.
FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to MP3, but lossless.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libflac-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 libflac-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 libflac-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libflac-ocaml
Install libflac-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libflac-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libflac-ocaml
Install libflac-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 libflac-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libflac-ocaml
How To Uninstall libflac-ocaml on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libflac-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libflac-ocaml
Uninstall libflac-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libflac-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflac-ocaml
Remove libflac-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libflac-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libflac-ocaml
Remove libflac-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libflac-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflac-ocaml
Dependencies
libflac-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflac-ocaml package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.