How To Install dnf-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install dnf-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. dnf-doc is Documentation for the DNF package manager (common documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-doc on Debian 12.

What is dnf-doc

dnf-doc is:

Package manager forked from Yum, using libsolv as a dependency resolver.

This package installs common documentation for the dnf program.

There are three methods to install dnf-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dnf-doc

Install dnf-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dnf-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install dnf-doc

How To Uninstall dnf-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove dnf-doc

Uninstall dnf-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dnf-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dnf-doc

Remove dnf-doc Configurations and Data

To remove dnf-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dnf-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

dnf-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnf-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.