How To Install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees on Ubuntu 22.04. python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees is Reduce sphinx documentation build times

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees

python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees is:

Improve your Sphinx build time by selectively removing TocTree objects from pages. This is useful if your documentation uses auto-generated API documentation, which generates a lot of stub pages.

This extension can be used to remove the sidebar links for just the pages you specify, speed up the build considerably.

Who is this for?

This package is for maintainers that use Sphinx and have really large API documentation (or for some other reason, have a ton of nested pages). If you use a Sphinx theme that contains the entire Table of Contents on every page (e.g., any theme that has “collapsable” sidebar sections), this will slow things down considerably. Use this theme to speed up your builds.

There are three methods to install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees

Install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees

Install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees 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 python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees

How To Uninstall python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees

Uninstall python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees

Remove python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees Configurations and Data

To remove python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees

Remove python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinx-remove-toctrees package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.