How To Install icu-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install icu-doc on Debian 9. icu-doc is API documentation for ICU classes and functions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install icu-doc on Debian 9.

What is icu-doc

icu-doc is:

ICU is a C++ and C library that provides robust and full-featured Unicode and locale support. This package contains HTML files documenting the ICU APIs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install icu-doc

Install icu-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install icu-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install icu-doc

How To Uninstall icu-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove icu-doc

Uninstall icu-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icu-doc

Remove icu-doc Configurations and Data

To remove icu-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge icu-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

icu-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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