How To Install libtheora-ocaml on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtheora-ocaml on Debian 9.
What is libtheora-ocaml
libtheora-ocaml is:
This package provides an interface to the theora library for OCaml programmers.
Theora is a fully open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose compressed video format.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libtheora-ocaml 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 libtheora-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 libtheora-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtheora-ocaml
Install libtheora-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtheora-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtheora-ocaml
Install libtheora-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libtheora-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtheora-ocaml
How To Uninstall libtheora-ocaml on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libtheora-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtheora-ocaml
Uninstall libtheora-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtheora-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtheora-ocaml
Remove libtheora-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libtheora-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtheora-ocaml
Remove libtheora-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtheora-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtheora-ocaml
Dependencies
libtheora-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtheora-ocaml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.