How To Install libdssi-ocaml-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libdssi-ocaml-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libdssi-ocaml-dev is OCaml interface to DSSI plugins – developpement files

Introduction

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

What is libdssi-ocaml-dev

libdssi-ocaml-dev is:

This package provides an interface to DSSI plugins for OCaml programmers.

DSSI is an API for audio plugins, with particular application for software synthesis plugins with native user interfaces.

This package contains all the development stuff you need to develop OCaml programs which use ocaml-dssi.

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

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

Install libdssi-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdssi-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libdssi-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libdssi-ocaml-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libdssi-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libdssi-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libdssi-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libdssi-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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