How To Install doc-base on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-base on Kali Linux.

What is doc-base

doc-base is:

This package contains utilities to manage documentation installed on a Debian system. It generates a database of document metadata, which other packages such as dwww, dhelp, dochelp, and doc-central can use to provide a catalog of available documentation.

For additional information see the Debian doc-base Manual included in this package.

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

Install doc-base Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install doc-base

Install doc-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doc-base

Install doc-base Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install doc-base

How To Uninstall doc-base on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove doc-base

Uninstall doc-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall doc-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doc-base

Remove doc-base Configurations and Data

To remove doc-base configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge doc-base

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

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

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

Dependencies

doc-base have the following dependencies:

• libuuid-perl
• libyaml-tiny-perl

References

• doc-base website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-base package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.