How To Install libvaladoc3 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc3 on Debian 9. libvaladoc3 is API documentation generator for vala (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc3 on Debian 9.

What is libvaladoc3

libvaladoc3 is:

Valadoc is a documentation generator for generating API documentation in HTML format from Vala source code. It can be used for *.vala and *.vapi files.

This package contains the library used by valadoc.

There are three methods to install libvaladoc3 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 libvaladoc3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvaladoc3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvaladoc3

Install libvaladoc3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvaladoc3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvaladoc3

Install libvaladoc3 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 libvaladoc3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvaladoc3

How To Uninstall libvaladoc3 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libvaladoc3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvaladoc3

Uninstall libvaladoc3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvaladoc3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvaladoc3

Remove libvaladoc3 Configurations and Data

To remove libvaladoc3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvaladoc3

Remove libvaladoc3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvaladoc3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvaladoc3

Dependencies

libvaladoc3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.