How To Install libfaad-ocaml on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfaad-ocaml on Debian 12.
What is libfaad-ocaml
libfaad-ocaml is:
This package provides an interface to the faad library for OCaml programmers.
FAAD2 is the fastest ISO AAC audio decoder available. FAAD2 correctly decodes all MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 MAIN, LOW, LTP, LD and ER object type AAC files.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libfaad-ocaml on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfaad-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 libfaad-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfaad-ocaml
Install libfaad-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfaad-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfaad-ocaml
Install libfaad-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 libfaad-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfaad-ocaml
How To Uninstall libfaad-ocaml on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libfaad-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfaad-ocaml
Uninstall libfaad-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfaad-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfaad-ocaml
Remove libfaad-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libfaad-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfaad-ocaml
Remove libfaad-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfaad-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfaad-ocaml
Dependencies
libfaad-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfaad-ocaml package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
