How To Install doc-central on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-central on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is doc-central
doc-central is:
Doc-Central is a tool to browse the documentation installed on your system using their doc-base entries.
There are three methods to install doc-central on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 doc-central using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install doc-central
How To Uninstall doc-central on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-central package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
