How To Install libgavl-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgavl-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libgavl-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgavl-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libgavl-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgavl-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
