How To Install doc-central on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-central on Kali Linux. doc-central is web-based documentation browser

Introduction

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

What is doc-central

doc-central is:

Doc-Central is a tool to browse the documentation that has been installed on your system that have registered with the doc-base subsystem.

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

sudo apt-get -y install doc-central

Install doc-central Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doc-central

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

sudo aptitude -y install doc-central

How To Uninstall doc-central on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove doc-central

Uninstall doc-central And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doc-central

Remove doc-central Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doc-central

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

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

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

Dependencies

doc-central have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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