How To Install libladspa-ocaml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libladspa-ocaml on Debian 9. libladspa-ocaml is OCaml bindings for LADSPA – runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libladspa-ocaml on Debian 9.

What is libladspa-ocaml

libladspa-ocaml is:

LADSPA is a free standard specification for audio effect plugins. Ocaml-ladspa provide an interface for OCaml programmers to this architecture.

This package contains only the shared runtime stub binaries.

There are three methods to install libladspa-ocaml on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libladspa-ocaml

Install libladspa-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libladspa-ocaml

Install libladspa-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libladspa-ocaml

How To Uninstall libladspa-ocaml on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libladspa-ocaml

Uninstall libladspa-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libladspa-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libladspa-ocaml

Remove libladspa-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libladspa-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libladspa-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libladspa-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libladspa-ocaml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.