How To Install docbook-dsssl on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-dsssl on Debian 12.

What is docbook-dsssl

docbook-dsssl is:

This package provides DSSSL stylesheets which let you convert DocBook SGML or XML files to various formats.

This package contains two DocBook DSSSL stylesheets, one for “print” output and one for HTML. The print stylesheet can be used in conjunction with the RTF and the TeX back-ends that OpenJade provides to produce output suitable for printing. The HTML stylesheet can be used to convert DocBook documents into HTML.

The stylesheets are modular in design so that you can extend and customize them.

Note that you can also perform DocBook XML styling using the “docbook-xsl” package, which provides the XSL stylesheets. The XSL stylesheets are more actively maintained and contain more new features than these DSSSL stylesheets.

There are three methods to install docbook-dsssl 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 docbook-dsssl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install docbook-dsssl

Install docbook-dsssl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install docbook-dsssl

Install docbook-dsssl 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 docbook-dsssl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install docbook-dsssl

How To Uninstall docbook-dsssl on Debian 12

To uninstall only the docbook-dsssl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove docbook-dsssl

Uninstall docbook-dsssl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove docbook-dsssl

Remove docbook-dsssl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge docbook-dsssl

Remove docbook-dsssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docbook-dsssl

Dependencies

docbook-dsssl have the following dependencies:

• docbook
• openjade
• sgml-base
• perl

References

• docbook-dsssl website
• docbook-dsssl on packages.debian.org

Summary

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