How To Install aptitude-doc-en on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptitude-doc-en on Debian 9.
What is aptitude-doc-en
aptitude-doc-en is:
aptitude is a package manager with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions, the ability to retrieve and display the Debian changelog of most packages, and a command-line mode similar to that of apt-get.
This package contains the English version of the aptitude user’s manual in HTML format.
There are three methods to install aptitude-doc-en 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 aptitude-doc-en Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aptitude-doc-en using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aptitude-doc-en
Install aptitude-doc-en Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aptitude-doc-en using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aptitude-doc-en
Install aptitude-doc-en 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 aptitude-doc-en using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aptitude-doc-en
How To Uninstall aptitude-doc-en on Debian 9
To uninstall only the aptitude-doc-en package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aptitude-doc-en
Uninstall aptitude-doc-en And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aptitude-doc-en and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aptitude-doc-en
Remove aptitude-doc-en Configurations and Data
To remove aptitude-doc-en configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aptitude-doc-en
Remove aptitude-doc-en configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aptitude-doc-en configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aptitude-doc-en
Dependencies
aptitude-doc-en have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptitude-doc-en package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.