How To Install litl-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install litl-doc on Debian 9. litl-doc is Lightweight Trace Library - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install litl-doc on Debian 9.

What is litl-doc

litl-doc is:

LiTL is a lightweight tool for recording events during the execution of scientific high-performance applications.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install litl-doc 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 litl-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 litl-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install litl-doc

Install litl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install litl-doc

Install litl-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install litl-doc

How To Uninstall litl-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove litl-doc

Uninstall litl-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove litl-doc

Remove litl-doc Configurations and Data

To remove litl-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge litl-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

litl-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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