How To Install liblo-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblo-ocaml
liblo-ocaml is:
This package provides an interface to the lo library for OCaml programmers.
LibLO is a lightweight, easy to use implementation of the OSC (Open Sound Control) protocol.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install liblo-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 liblo-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 liblo-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblo-ocaml
Install liblo-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblo-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblo-ocaml
Install liblo-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 liblo-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblo-ocaml
How To Uninstall liblo-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblo-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblo-ocaml
Uninstall liblo-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblo-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblo-ocaml
Remove liblo-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove liblo-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblo-ocaml
Remove liblo-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblo-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblo-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblo-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
