How To Install lirc-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lirc-doc
lirc-doc is:
LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
This package provides the documentation including manual, manpages and the public website.
Package: lirc-doc Architecture: all Version: 0.10.1-6.1 Priority: extra Section: doc Source: lirc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Lirc Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 7442 Depends: lsb-base Breaks: lirc (« 0.9.1) Replaces: lirc (« 0.9.1) Filename: pool/main/l/lirc/lirc-doc_0.10.1-6.1_all.deb Size: 1093704 MD5sum: c31964d15f86dca9f57438ee2ee634be SHA1: 43855115b872a800eca43ba887a2d68682dead77 SHA256: bf25a04d512b33ae87ea40f0b0a6e171fce22658be1b09bc5f8d33f98590723f Homepage: https://sf.net/p/lirc Description-en: Infra-red remote control support - website and manual docs LIRC stands for ‘Linux Infra-red Remote Control’.
This package provides the documentation including manual, manpages and the public website.
There are three methods to install lirc-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 lirc-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 lirc-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lirc-doc
Install lirc-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lirc-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lirc-doc
Install lirc-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 lirc-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lirc-doc
How To Uninstall lirc-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lirc-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lirc-doc
Uninstall lirc-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lirc-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lirc-doc
Remove lirc-doc Configurations and Data
To remove lirc-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lirc-doc
Remove lirc-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lirc-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lirc-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lirc-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
