How To Install multiboot-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multiboot-doc on Debian 9.
What is multiboot-doc
multiboot-doc is:
This is a dummy transitional package to handle upgrades. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install multiboot-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 multiboot-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 multiboot-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multiboot-doc
Install multiboot-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multiboot-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multiboot-doc
Install multiboot-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 multiboot-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multiboot-doc
How To Uninstall multiboot-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the multiboot-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multiboot-doc
Uninstall multiboot-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multiboot-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multiboot-doc
Remove multiboot-doc Configurations and Data
To remove multiboot-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multiboot-doc
Remove multiboot-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multiboot-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multiboot-doc
Dependencies
multiboot-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multiboot-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
