How To Install lilypond-doc-html on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lilypond-doc-html on Ubuntu 18.04. lilypond-doc-html is LilyPond HTML Documentation

Introduction

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

What is lilypond-doc-html

lilypond-doc-html is:

LilyPond is a music typesetter, an automated engraving system. It produces beautiful sheet music using a high level description file as input.

This package contains the HTML documentation for the LilyPond music typesetting software.

There are three methods to install lilypond-doc-html 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 lilypond-doc-html Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lilypond-doc-html

Install lilypond-doc-html Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lilypond-doc-html

Install lilypond-doc-html 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 lilypond-doc-html using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lilypond-doc-html

How To Uninstall lilypond-doc-html on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove lilypond-doc-html

Uninstall lilypond-doc-html And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lilypond-doc-html

Remove lilypond-doc-html Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lilypond-doc-html

Remove lilypond-doc-html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lilypond-doc-html

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Summary

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