How To Install libflac-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflac-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libflac-ocaml-dev is OCaml interface to the flac library – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflac-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libflac-ocaml-dev

libflac-ocaml-dev is:

This package provides an interface to the flac library for OCaml programmers.

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC is similar to MP3, but lossless.

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

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

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

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

Install libflac-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libflac-ocaml-dev

Install libflac-ocaml-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libflac-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libflac-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libflac-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libflac-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libflac-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libflac-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libflac-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libflac-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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