How To Install docknot on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docknot
on Debian 11.
What is docknot
docknot is:
DocKnot is a system for generating consistent human-readable software package documentation from a YAML metadata file and templates. The goal is to generate both web pages and distributed documentation files (such as README) from the same source, using templates for consistency across multiple packages. DocKnot also automates generating distribution tarballs for software packages.
There are three methods to install docknot
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install docknot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install docknot
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install docknot
Install docknot Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install docknot
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install docknot
Install docknot 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 docknot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install docknot
How To Uninstall docknot on Debian 11
To uninstall only the docknot
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove docknot
Uninstall docknot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall docknot
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove docknot
Remove docknot Configurations and Data
To remove docknot
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge docknot
Remove docknot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove docknot
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docknot
Dependencies
docknot have the following dependencies:
- libfile-basedir-perl
- libfile-sharedir-perl
- libio-compress-lzma-perl
- libipc-run-perl
- libipc-system-simple-perl
- libjson-maybexs-perl
- liblist-someutils-perl
- libperl6-slurp-perl
- libtemplate-perl
- libyaml-libyaml-perl
- pkwalify
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docknot
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.