How To Install libopenvas-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenvas-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libopenvas-doc
libopenvas-doc is:
The Open Vulnerability Assessment System is a modular security auditing tool, used for testing remote systems for vulnerabilities that should be fixed.
It is made up of two parts: a server, and a client. The server/daemon, openvasd, is in charge of the attacks, whereas the client, OpenVAS-Client, provides an X11/GTK+ user interface.
This package contains the doxygen generated HTML documentation for the libraries.
There are three methods to install libopenvas-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 libopenvas-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 libopenvas-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenvas-doc
Install libopenvas-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenvas-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenvas-doc
Install libopenvas-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 libopenvas-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenvas-doc
How To Uninstall libopenvas-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libopenvas-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenvas-doc
Uninstall libopenvas-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenvas-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenvas-doc
Remove libopenvas-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libopenvas-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenvas-doc
Remove libopenvas-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenvas-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenvas-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenvas-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
