How To Install libshout-ocaml on Debian 10

Learn how to install libshout-ocaml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libshout-ocaml is OCaml bindings for the shout library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshout-ocaml on Debian 10.

What is libshout-ocaml

libshout-ocaml is:

This OCaml library interfaces the shout C library which can be used for communicating with and sending data to Icecast and Icecast 2 streaming audio servers (they currently support Ogg Vorbis and MP3 audio streams). It handles the socket connection, the timing of the data transmission, and prevents bad data from getting to the server.

This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.

There are three methods to install libshout-ocaml on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libshout-ocaml

Install libshout-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libshout-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libshout-ocaml

How To Uninstall libshout-ocaml on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libshout-ocaml

Uninstall libshout-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libshout-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libshout-ocaml

Remove libshout-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libshout-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libshout-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libshout-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libshout-ocaml package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.