How To Install putty-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install putty-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is putty-doc
putty-doc is:
Full HTML documentation for the PuTTY suite of programs (PuTTY, pterm, Plink, PSCP, PSFTP, and PuTTYgen).
There are three methods to install putty-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 putty-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 putty-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install putty-doc
Install putty-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install putty-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install putty-doc
Install putty-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 putty-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install putty-doc
How To Uninstall putty-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the putty-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove putty-doc
Uninstall putty-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall putty-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove putty-doc
Remove putty-doc Configurations and Data
To remove putty-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge putty-doc
Remove putty-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove putty-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge putty-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install putty-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
