How To Install libsdl-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdl-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsdl-ocaml
libsdl-ocaml is:
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) is a generic API that provides low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, and display framebuffer across multiple platforms. OCamlSDL is an OCaml interface to the SDL and might be used to write multimedia applications in Objective Caml.
This package contains runtime libraries needed for running dynamic bytecode executables.
There are three methods to install libsdl-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 libsdl-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 libsdl-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsdl-ocaml
Install libsdl-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsdl-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsdl-ocaml
Install libsdl-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 libsdl-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsdl-ocaml
How To Uninstall libsdl-ocaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsdl-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsdl-ocaml
Uninstall libsdl-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsdl-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsdl-ocaml
Remove libsdl-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libsdl-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsdl-ocaml
Remove libsdl-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsdl-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsdl-ocaml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsdl-ocaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
