How To Install gprolog-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprolog-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. gprolog-doc is documentation for the GNU Prolog compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprolog-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gprolog-doc

gprolog-doc is:

GNU Prolog is a free Prolog compiler with constraint solving over finite domains (FD).

This package contains the documentation (PDF and HTML) for GNU Prolog.

There are three methods to install gprolog-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gprolog-doc

Install gprolog-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gprolog-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install gprolog-doc

How To Uninstall gprolog-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gprolog-doc

Uninstall gprolog-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gprolog-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gprolog-doc

Remove gprolog-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gprolog-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gprolog-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprolog-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.