How To Install docbook-ebnf on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-ebnf on Kali Linux.

What is docbook-ebnf

docbook-ebnf is:

DocBook is a general-purpose and modular SGML and XML Document-Type Definition. This is a module that adds elements for the markup of EBNF grammar rules to DocBook.

It is fully documented in “DocBook - The Definitive Guide”, available in the docbook-defguide package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install docbook-ebnf

Install docbook-ebnf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install docbook-ebnf

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

sudo aptitude -y install docbook-ebnf

How To Uninstall docbook-ebnf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove docbook-ebnf

Uninstall docbook-ebnf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove docbook-ebnf

Remove docbook-ebnf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge docbook-ebnf

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

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

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

Dependencies

docbook-ebnf have the following dependencies:

• docbook-xml
• sgml-base
• xml-core

References

• docbook-ebnf website

Summary

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