How To Install eb-doc on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install eb-doc on Debian 11. eb-doc is C library for accessing electronic books (documents)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eb-doc on Debian 11.

What is eb-doc

eb-doc is:

EB Library is a C library for accessing CD-ROM books.

EB Library supports to access CD-ROM books of EB, EBG, EBXA, EBXA-C, S-EBXA and EPWING formats. CD-ROM books of those formats are popular in Japan. Since CD-ROM books themseves are stands on the ISO 9660 format, you can mount the discs by the same way as other ISO 9660 discs.

This package provides document files of EB Library.

There are three methods to install eb-doc 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 eb-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install eb-doc

Install eb-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eb-doc

Install eb-doc 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 eb-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eb-doc

How To Uninstall eb-doc on Debian 11

To uninstall only the eb-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eb-doc

Uninstall eb-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eb-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eb-doc

Remove eb-doc Configurations and Data

To remove eb-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eb-doc

Remove eb-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eb-doc

Dependencies

eb-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eb-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.