How To Install nginx-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. nginx-doc is small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server - documentation small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

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.

Package: nginx-doc Architecture: all Version: 1.17.10-0ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: doc Source: nginx Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Nginx Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 69 Filename: pool/main/n/nginx/nginx-doc_1.17.10-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 16560 MD5sum: dcb094b56ff81920f39ee52db6c09bcf SHA1: 8d1407ce5b40712b3e63871bdd4c1e919e0c4f58 SHA256: df4468631d945b458947f01632ae639d77236a4c8c3f3f1e9de802a254bddd4d Homepage: http://nginx.net Description-en: small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server - documentation 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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.