How To Install diffutils-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install diffutils-doc on Debian 9.
What is diffutils-doc
diffutils-doc is:
This package contains the HTML documentation for GNU diffutils.
There are three methods to install diffutils-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 diffutils-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 diffutils-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install diffutils-doc
Install diffutils-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install diffutils-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install diffutils-doc
Install diffutils-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 diffutils-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install diffutils-doc
How To Uninstall diffutils-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the diffutils-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove diffutils-doc
Uninstall diffutils-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall diffutils-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove diffutils-doc
Remove diffutils-doc Configurations and Data
To remove diffutils-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge diffutils-doc
Remove diffutils-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove diffutils-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diffutils-doc
Dependencies
diffutils-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install diffutils-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.