How To Install pinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pinfo on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pinfo
pinfo is:
pinfo is an viewer for Info documents, which is based on ncurses. The key-commands are in the style of lynx.
There are three methods to install pinfo on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pinfo
Install pinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pinfo
Install pinfo 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 pinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pinfo
How To Uninstall pinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pinfo
Uninstall pinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pinfo
Remove pinfo Configurations and Data
To remove pinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pinfo
Remove pinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pinfo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pinfo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
