How To Install breathe-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install breathe-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. breathe-doc is Sphinx autodox support for languages with doxygen support (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is breathe-doc

breathe-doc is:

Breathe provides a bridge between the Sphinx and doxygen documentation systems. It enables Sphinx to generate autodoc for languages other than Python with the help of doxygen. It also allows one to embed reStructuredText in doxygen markup.

This package contains the documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install breathe-doc

Install breathe-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install breathe-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install breathe-doc

How To Uninstall breathe-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove breathe-doc

Uninstall breathe-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove breathe-doc

Remove breathe-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge breathe-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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