How To Install libwnck-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libwnck-doc is Window Navigator Construction Kit - documentation files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libwnck-doc

libwnck-doc is:

A library to use for writing pagers and task lists. This variant of libwnck provides WNCK for GTK-2 based applications.

This package contains documentation files for libwnck22.

There are three methods to install libwnck-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwnck-doc

Install libwnck-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwnck-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwnck-doc

How To Uninstall libwnck-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libwnck-doc

Uninstall libwnck-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwnck-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwnck-doc

Remove libwnck-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libwnck-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwnck-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.