How To Install libpulse-ocaml-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpulse-ocaml-dev on Debian 9.
What is libpulse-ocaml-dev
libpulse-ocaml-dev is:
This package provied an interface to the PulseAudio sound server for OCaml programmers.
PulseAudio, previously known as Polypaudio, is a sound server for POSIX and WIN32 systems. It is a drop in replacement for the ESD sound server with much better latency, mixing/re-sampling quality and overall architecture.
This package contains all the development stuff you need to develop OCaml programs which use ocaml-pulseaudio.
There are three methods to install libpulse-ocaml-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpulse-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 libpulse-ocaml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpulse-ocaml-dev
Install libpulse-ocaml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpulse-ocaml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpulse-ocaml-dev
Install libpulse-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpulse-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpulse-ocaml-dev
How To Uninstall libpulse-ocaml-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpulse-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpulse-ocaml-dev
Uninstall libpulse-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpulse-ocaml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpulse-ocaml-dev
Remove libpulse-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpulse-ocaml-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpulse-ocaml-dev
Remove libpulse-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpulse-ocaml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpulse-ocaml-dev
Dependencies
libpulse-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpulse-ocaml-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.