Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgavl-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgavl-ocaml
libgavl-ocaml is:
This package provides an interface to the gavl library for
OCaml programmers.
Gavl handles all the details of audio and video formats like colorspaces,
samplerates, multichannel configurations etc. It provides standardized
definitions for those formats as well as container structures for carrying
audio samples or video images inside an application.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libgavl-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgavl-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 libgavl-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgavl-ocaml
Install libgavl-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgavl-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgavl-ocaml
Install libgavl-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 libgavl-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgavl-ocaml
How To Uninstall libgavl-ocaml on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgavl-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgavl-ocaml
Uninstall libgavl-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgavl-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgavl-ocaml
Remove libgavl-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libgavl-ocaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgavl-ocaml
Remove libgavl-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgavl-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgavl-ocaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgavl-ocaml package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
