How To Install docbook-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 docbook-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install docbook-utils
How To Uninstall docbook-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-utils
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.