How To Install bird-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install bird-doc on Debian 9. bird-doc is Internet Routing Daemon - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bird-doc on Debian 9.

What is bird-doc

bird-doc is:

BIRD is an Internet routing daemon with full support for all the major routing protocols. It allows redistribution between protocols with a powerful route filtering syntax and an easy-to-use configuration interface.

This package provides the user and developer documentation.

There are three methods to install bird-doc 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 bird-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bird-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bird-doc

Install bird-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bird-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bird-doc

Install bird-doc 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 bird-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bird-doc

How To Uninstall bird-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the bird-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bird-doc

Uninstall bird-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bird-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bird-doc

Remove bird-doc Configurations and Data

To remove bird-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bird-doc

Remove bird-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bird-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bird-doc

Dependencies

bird-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bird-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.