How To Install libgavl-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgavl-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libgavl-ocaml-dev is OCaml interface to the gavl library

Introduction

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

What is libgavl-ocaml-dev

libgavl-ocaml-dev is:

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

Gavl handles all the details of audio and video formats like colorspaces, samplerates, multichannel configurations etc. It provides standardized definitions for those formats as well as container structures for carrying audio samples or video images inside an application.

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

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

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

Install libgavl-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgavl-ocaml-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgavl-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libgavl-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgavl-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libgavl-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libgavl-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgavl-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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