How To Install allegro4-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install allegro4-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. allegro4-doc is documentation for the Allegro library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install allegro4-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is allegro4-doc

allegro4-doc is:

This package contains the Allegro documentation in various formats, FAQs and other documentation about the Allegro library and the source of the example programs.

Allegro is a cross-platform library mainly aimed at video game and multimedia programming. It handles common, low-level tasks such as creating windows, accepting user input, loading data, drawing images, playing sounds, etc. and generally abstracting away the underlying platform.

There are three methods to install allegro4-doc 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 allegro4-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 allegro4-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install allegro4-doc

Install allegro4-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install allegro4-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install allegro4-doc

Install allegro4-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 allegro4-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install allegro4-doc

How To Uninstall allegro4-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the allegro4-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove allegro4-doc

Uninstall allegro4-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall allegro4-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove allegro4-doc

Remove allegro4-doc Configurations and Data

To remove allegro4-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge allegro4-doc

Remove allegro4-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove allegro4-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge allegro4-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install allegro4-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.