How To Install libmad-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmad-ocaml on Kali Linux. libmad-ocaml is OCaml bindings for the MAD library (Runtime library)

Introduction

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

What is libmad-ocaml

libmad-ocaml 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 only the shared runtime stub libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmad-ocaml

Install libmad-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmad-ocaml

Install libmad-ocaml 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 libmad-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmad-ocaml

How To Uninstall libmad-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmad-ocaml

Uninstall libmad-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmad-ocaml

Remove libmad-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmad-ocaml

Remove libmad-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmad-ocaml

Dependencies

libmad-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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