How To Install libgstreamer-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgstreamer-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgstreamer-ocaml
libgstreamer-ocaml is:
This package provides an interface to the gstreamer library for OCaml programmers.
GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing to playing videos, and just about anything else media-related.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libgstreamer-ocaml 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 libgstreamer-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 libgstreamer-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgstreamer-ocaml
Install libgstreamer-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgstreamer-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgstreamer-ocaml
Install libgstreamer-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgstreamer-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgstreamer-ocaml
How To Uninstall libgstreamer-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgstreamer-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgstreamer-ocaml
Uninstall libgstreamer-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgstreamer-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgstreamer-ocaml
Remove libgstreamer-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libgstreamer-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgstreamer-ocaml
Remove libgstreamer-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgstreamer-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgstreamer-ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgstreamer-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
