How To Install nginx-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install nginx-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. nginx-doc is small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-doc on Debian 10.

What is nginx-doc

nginx-doc is:

Nginx (“engine X”) is a high-performance web and reverse proxy server created by Igor Sysoev. It can be used both as a standalone web server and as a proxy to reduce the load on back-end HTTP or mail servers.

This package provides extra documentation to help unleash the power of Nginx.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nginx-doc

Install nginx-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nginx-doc

Install nginx-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 nginx-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nginx-doc

How To Uninstall nginx-doc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove nginx-doc

Uninstall nginx-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nginx-doc

Remove nginx-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nginx-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

nginx-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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