How To Install dwww on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dwww on Debian 9.

What is dwww

dwww is:

All installed on-line documentation will be served via a local HTTP server. When possible, dwww converts the documentation to HTML. You need to install both a CGI-capable HTTP server and a WWW browser to read the documentation.

There are three methods to install dwww 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 dwww Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dwww

Install dwww Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dwww using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dwww

Install dwww 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 dwww using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dwww

How To Uninstall dwww on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dwww package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dwww

Uninstall dwww And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dwww

Remove dwww Configurations and Data

To remove dwww configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dwww

Remove dwww configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dwww

Dependencies

dwww have the following dependencies:

• apache2
• debianutils
• doc-base
• file
• libfile-ncopy-perl
• libmime-types-perl
• man-db
• mime-support
• ucf
• debconf
• perl
• libc6

References

• dwww website

Summary

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