How To Install gyoto-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gyoto-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. gyoto-doc is documentation for the Gyoto library

Introduction

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

What is gyoto-doc

gyoto-doc is:

Gyoto aims at providing a framework for computing orbits and ray-traced images in General relativity. It consists in a library (libgyoto), utility programs, and a plug-in for the Yorick programming language.

This package contains the Gyoto Reference Manual.

There are three methods to install gyoto-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 gyoto-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 gyoto-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gyoto-doc

Install gyoto-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gyoto-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install gyoto-doc

How To Uninstall gyoto-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gyoto-doc

Uninstall gyoto-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gyoto-doc

Remove gyoto-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gyoto-doc

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

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

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

References

Summary

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