How To Install allegro5-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install allegro5-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. allegro5-doc is documentation for the Allegro 5 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install allegro5-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is allegro5-doc

allegro5-doc is:

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

Allegro is a cross-platform library intended for use in computer games and other types of multimedia programming. Allegro 5 is the latest major revision of the library, designed to take advantage of modern hardware (e.g. hardware acceleration using 3D cards) and operating systems. Although it is not backwards compatible with earlier versions, it still occupies the same niche and retains a familiar style.

There are three methods to install allegro5-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 allegro5-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 allegro5-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install allegro5-doc

Install allegro5-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install allegro5-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install allegro5-doc

Install allegro5-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 allegro5-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install allegro5-doc

How To Uninstall allegro5-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the allegro5-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove allegro5-doc

Uninstall allegro5-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall allegro5-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove allegro5-doc

Remove allegro5-doc Configurations and Data

To remove allegro5-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge allegro5-doc

Remove allegro5-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove allegro5-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge allegro5-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install allegro5-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.