How To Install gnutls-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. gnutls-doc is GNU TLS library - documentation and examples GNU TLS library - documentation and examples

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gnutls-doc

gnutls-doc is:

GnuTLS is a portable library which implements the Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS 1.0, 1.2) protocols.

GnuTLS features support for:

  • certificate path validation, as well as DANE and trust on first use.
  • the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP).
  • public key methods, including RSA and Elliptic curves, as well as password and key authentication methods such as SRP and PSK protocols.
  • all the strong encryption algorithms, including AES and Camellia.
  • CPU-assisted cryptography with VIA padlock and AES-NI instruction sets.
  • HSMs and cryptographic tokens, via PKCS #11.

This package contains all the GnuTLS documentation.

Package: gnutls-doc Architecture: all Version: 3.6.13-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: doc Source: gnutls28 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuTLS Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 7361 Filename: pool/main/g/gnutls28/gnutls-doc_3.6.13-2ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 4161004 MD5sum: 2b2f1eee82fb43d1d54b8a61fc99b4c9 SHA1: d61435742004d5a1157a2489c23e20182399c869 SHA256: 891f520e07e878cbcb7e5e476ff36dad28997eef0f9ecd1b1f4b06155a984d77 Homepage: https://www.gnutls.org/ Description-en: GNU TLS library - documentation and examples GnuTLS is a portable library which implements the Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS 1.0, 1.2) protocols.

GnuTLS features support for:

  • certificate path validation, as well as DANE and trust on first use.
  • the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP).
  • public key methods, including RSA and Elliptic curves, as well as password and key authentication methods such as SRP and PSK protocols.
  • all the strong encryption algorithms, including AES and Camellia.
  • CPU-assisted cryptography with VIA padlock and AES-NI instruction sets.
  • HSMs and cryptographic tokens, via PKCS #11.

This package contains all the GnuTLS documentation.

There are three methods to install gnutls-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnutls-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 gnutls-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnutls-doc

Install gnutls-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnutls-doc

Install gnutls-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnutls-doc

How To Uninstall gnutls-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gnutls-doc

Uninstall gnutls-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnutls-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnutls-doc

Remove gnutls-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gnutls-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnutls-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.