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:

• libogg-ocaml-xh9y0
• ocaml-base-nox-4.02.3
• libc6
• libogg0
• libtheora0

References

• libtheora-ocaml website

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.