How To Install alpine-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alpine-doc on Debian 9.

What is alpine-doc

alpine-doc is:

Alpine is an upgrade of the well-known PINE email client. Its name derives from the use of the Apache License and its ties to PINE.

This package stores documentation for alpine.

There are three methods to install alpine-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install alpine-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 alpine-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install alpine-doc

Install alpine-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install alpine-doc

Install alpine-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install alpine-doc

How To Uninstall alpine-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove alpine-doc

Uninstall alpine-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall alpine-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alpine-doc

Remove alpine-doc Configurations and Data

To remove alpine-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge alpine-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

alpine-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• alpine-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install alpine-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.