How To Install libladspa-ocaml-dev on Debian 9

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

Introduction

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

What is libladspa-ocaml-dev

libladspa-ocaml-dev 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 all the development stuff you need to develop OCaml programs which use ladspa.

There are three methods to install libladspa-ocaml-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libladspa-ocaml-dev

Install libladspa-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libladspa-ocaml-dev

Install libladspa-ocaml-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libladspa-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libladspa-ocaml-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libladspa-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libladspa-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libladspa-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libladspa-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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