How To Install debian-handbook on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-handbook
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is debian-handbook
debian-handbook is:
Accessible to all, the Debian Administrator’s Handbook teaches the essentials to anyone who wants to become an effective and independent Debian GNU/Linux administrator.
It covers all the topics that a competent Linux administrator should master, from the installation and the update of the system, up to the creation of packages and the compilation of the kernel, but also monitoring, backup and migration, without forgetting advanced topics like SELinux/AppArmor setup to secure services, automated installations, or virtualization with Xen, KVM or LXC.
The Debian Administrator’s Handbook has been written by two Debian developers — Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas.
This package contains the English book covering Debian 8 “Jessie”. All the files are available in /usr/share/doc/debian-handbook/.
There are three methods to install debian-handbook
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 debian-handbook Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-handbook
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debian-handbook
Install debian-handbook Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-handbook
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debian-handbook
Install debian-handbook 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 debian-handbook
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debian-handbook
How To Uninstall debian-handbook on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the debian-handbook
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debian-handbook
Uninstall debian-handbook And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debian-handbook
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-handbook
Remove debian-handbook Configurations and Data
To remove debian-handbook
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debian-handbook
Remove debian-handbook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debian-handbook
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-handbook
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-handbook
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.