How To Install iwidgets4-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwidgets4-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. iwidgets4-doc is [incr Widgets] Tk-based widget collection - man pages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwidgets4-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is iwidgets4-doc

iwidgets4-doc is:

[incr Widgets] (or iwidgets) is an object-oriented “mega-widget” set, or collection of high-level user-interface components, based on the popular Tk toolkit and the itcl/itk OO framework. This package contains man pages documenting the widget classes.

There are three methods to install iwidgets4-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 iwidgets4-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 iwidgets4-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install iwidgets4-doc

Install iwidgets4-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install iwidgets4-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install iwidgets4-doc

Install iwidgets4-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 iwidgets4-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iwidgets4-doc

How To Uninstall iwidgets4-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the iwidgets4-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove iwidgets4-doc

Uninstall iwidgets4-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall iwidgets4-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iwidgets4-doc

Remove iwidgets4-doc Configurations and Data

To remove iwidgets4-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iwidgets4-doc

Remove iwidgets4-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove iwidgets4-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iwidgets4-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iwidgets4-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.