How To Install mgetty-docs on Debian 10

Learn how to install mgetty-docs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mgetty-docs is Documentation Package for mgetty

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-docs on Debian 10.

What is mgetty-docs

mgetty-docs is:

Sample files and lots of documentation for mgetty. Additional source code for programs included that allow to set up a user interface for mgetty.

There are three methods to install mgetty-docs on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mgetty-docs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mgetty-docs

Install mgetty-docs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mgetty-docs

Install mgetty-docs 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 mgetty-docs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mgetty-docs

How To Uninstall mgetty-docs on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mgetty-docs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mgetty-docs

Uninstall mgetty-docs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mgetty-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgetty-docs

Remove mgetty-docs Configurations and Data

To remove mgetty-docs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mgetty-docs

Remove mgetty-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgetty-docs

Dependencies

mgetty-docs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-docs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.