How To Install libalsa-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalsa-ocaml on Kali Linux. libalsa-ocaml is OCaml bindings for the ALSA library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalsa-ocaml on Kali Linux.

What is libalsa-ocaml

libalsa-ocaml is:

This OCaml library interfaces the ALSA library libasound to access audio devices.

This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.

There are three methods to install libalsa-ocaml on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libalsa-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 libalsa-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libalsa-ocaml

Install libalsa-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libalsa-ocaml

Install libalsa-ocaml Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libalsa-ocaml

How To Uninstall libalsa-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libalsa-ocaml

Uninstall libalsa-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libalsa-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libalsa-ocaml

Remove libalsa-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libalsa-ocaml configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libalsa-ocaml

Remove libalsa-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libalsa-ocaml

Dependencies

libalsa-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalsa-ocaml package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.