How To Install monodoc-browser on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install monodoc-browser on Debian 9. monodoc-browser is MonoDoc GTK+ based viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install monodoc-browser on Debian 9.

What is monodoc-browser

monodoc-browser is:

The MonoDoc Project is the documentation framework of the Mono project which provides detailed API documentation for all Mono components and the Mono CLI implementation.

This package contains the GTK+ based viewer of the Mono documentation.

There are three methods to install monodoc-browser 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 monodoc-browser Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install monodoc-browser

Install monodoc-browser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install monodoc-browser

Install monodoc-browser 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 monodoc-browser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install monodoc-browser

How To Uninstall monodoc-browser on Debian 9

To uninstall only the monodoc-browser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove monodoc-browser

Uninstall monodoc-browser And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove monodoc-browser

Remove monodoc-browser Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge monodoc-browser

Remove monodoc-browser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monodoc-browser

Dependencies

monodoc-browser have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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