How To Install libalsa-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalsa-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04. libalsa-ocaml is OCaml bindings for the ALSA library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalsa-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalsa-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.