How To Install libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. libgnome-desktop-doc is API documentation for libgnome-desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libgnome-desktop-doc

libgnome-desktop-doc is:

The gnome-desktop set of libraries provides various utility functions that are used in multiple components of the GNOME desktop, but do not have a sufficiently stable API to be included in core libraries such as GLib and GTK.

This package contains API documentation, currently only available for the GTK 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgnome-desktop-doc

Install libgnome-desktop-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgnome-desktop-doc

Install libgnome-desktop-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 libgnome-desktop-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnome-desktop-doc

How To Uninstall libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libgnome-desktop-doc

Uninstall libgnome-desktop-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnome-desktop-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnome-desktop-doc

Remove libgnome-desktop-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libgnome-desktop-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnome-desktop-doc

Remove libgnome-desktop-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnome-desktop-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-desktop-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.