How To Install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfdkaac-ocaml-dev
libfdkaac-ocaml-dev is:
This package provides an interface to the fdkaac library for OCaml programmers.
The FDK AAC Codec Library For Android contains an encoder implementation of the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio codec.
This package contains all the development stuff you need to develop OCaml programs which use ocaml-fdkaac.
There are three methods to install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev 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 libfdkaac-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 libfdkaac-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev
Install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev
Install libfdkaac-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libfdkaac-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfdkaac-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfdkaac-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libfdkaac-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfdkaac-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfdkaac-ocaml-dev
Remove libfdkaac-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfdkaac-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfdkaac-ocaml-dev
Remove libfdkaac-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfdkaac-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfdkaac-ocaml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfdkaac-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
