How To Install dita-ot on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dita-ot on Debian 9. dita-ot is transforms DITA content (maps and topics) into deliverable formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dita-ot on Debian 9.

What is dita-ot

dita-ot is:

DITA Open Toolkit, or DITA-OT for short, is an independent, open source implementation of the OASIS owned and developed Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard XML data model for authoring and publishing.

There are three methods to install dita-ot 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 dita-ot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dita-ot

Install dita-ot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dita-ot

Install dita-ot 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 dita-ot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dita-ot

How To Uninstall dita-ot on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dita-ot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dita-ot

Uninstall dita-ot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dita-ot

Remove dita-ot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dita-ot

Remove dita-ot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dita-ot

Dependencies

dita-ot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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