How To Install docbook-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-utils on Kali Linux. docbook-utils is Convert DocBook files to other formats (HTML, RTF, PS, man, PDF)

Introduction

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

What is docbook-utils

docbook-utils is:

The docbook-utils is a set of a few small programs intended to ease everyday use of technical documentation software and more generally use of SGML and XML.

Tasks they currently accomplish are:

  • jw: convert DocBook files to other formats (HTML, RTF, Postscript, PDF).
  • sgmldiff: detect the differences in markup between two SGML files.
  • docbook2man: converts a DocBook refentry to a man page.

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

sudo apt-get -y install docbook-utils

Install docbook-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install docbook-utils

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

sudo aptitude -y install docbook-utils

How To Uninstall docbook-utils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove docbook-utils

Uninstall docbook-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove docbook-utils

Remove docbook-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge docbook-utils

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

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

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

Dependencies

docbook-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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