How To Install info on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install info on Debian 9. info is Standalone GNU Info documentation browser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install info on Debian 9.

What is info

info is:

The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online documents. This program allows you to view Info documents, like the ones stored in /usr/share/info.

Much of the software in Debian comes with its online documentation in the form of Info files, so it is most likely you will want to install it.

There are three methods to install info 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 info Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install info

Install info Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install info using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install info

Install info 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 info using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install info

How To Uninstall info on Debian 9

To uninstall only the info package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove info

Uninstall info And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove info

Remove info Configurations and Data

To remove info configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge info

Remove info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge info

Dependencies

info have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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