How To Install libmad-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmad-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmad-ocaml-dev
libmad-ocaml-dev is:
This OCaml library interfaces the MAD C library to decode MPEG files. The MAD library currently only supports the MPEG 1 standard, but fully implements all three audio layers (Layer I, Layer II, and Layer III, the latter often colloquially known as MP3.)
MAD has the following special features:
- 100% fixed-point (integer) computation
- completely new implementation based on the ISO/IEC 11172-3 standard
- distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
This package contains all the development stuff you need to use ocaml-mad in your programs.
There are three methods to install libmad-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 libmad-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 libmad-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmad-ocaml-dev
Install libmad-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmad-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmad-ocaml-dev
Install libmad-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 libmad-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmad-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libmad-ocaml-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmad-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmad-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libmad-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmad-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 libmad-ocaml-dev
Remove libmad-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmad-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmad-ocaml-dev
Remove libmad-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmad-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmad-ocaml-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmad-ocaml-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
