How To Install extra-cmake-modules-doc on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install extra-cmake-modules-doc on Debian 11. extra-cmake-modules-doc is Extra modules and scripts for CMake

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install extra-cmake-modules-doc on Debian 11.

What is extra-cmake-modules-doc

extra-cmake-modules-doc is:

Extra CMake Modules, or ECM, aims to augment CMake with additional modules. It serves as both a staging ground for new modules before they are moved upstream to CMake and a place for modules that, for whatever reason, are not a good fit for CMake itself.

It is primarily driven by the needs of the KDE community, but it is hoped that other projects will find it useful, and outside contributions are always welcome. The main rule for new modules is that there must be at least two downstream users.

This package contains HTML documentation and man pages.

There are three methods to install extra-cmake-modules-doc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install extra-cmake-modules-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 extra-cmake-modules-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install extra-cmake-modules-doc

Install extra-cmake-modules-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install extra-cmake-modules-doc

Install extra-cmake-modules-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 extra-cmake-modules-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install extra-cmake-modules-doc

How To Uninstall extra-cmake-modules-doc on Debian 11

To uninstall only the extra-cmake-modules-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove extra-cmake-modules-doc

Uninstall extra-cmake-modules-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall extra-cmake-modules-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove extra-cmake-modules-doc

Remove extra-cmake-modules-doc Configurations and Data

To remove extra-cmake-modules-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge extra-cmake-modules-doc

Remove extra-cmake-modules-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge extra-cmake-modules-doc

Dependencies

extra-cmake-modules-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install extra-cmake-modules-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.