How To Install liblo-ocaml on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo-ocaml on Debian 11. liblo-ocaml is OCaml interface to the lo library – runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo-ocaml on Debian 11.

What is liblo-ocaml

liblo-ocaml is:

This package provides an interface to the lo library for OCaml programmers.

LibLO is a lightweight, easy to use implementation of the OSC (Open Sound Control) protocol.

This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.

There are three methods to install liblo-ocaml on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblo-ocaml

Install liblo-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblo-ocaml

Install liblo-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 liblo-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblo-ocaml

How To Uninstall liblo-ocaml on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove liblo-ocaml

Uninstall liblo-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblo-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblo-ocaml

Remove liblo-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove liblo-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblo-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblo-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo-ocaml package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.