How To Install forge-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install forge-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is forge-doc
forge-doc is:
A prototype of the OpenGL interop library that can be used with ArrayFire. The goal of Forge is to provide high performance OpenGL visualizations for C/C++ applications that use CUDA/OpenCL.
This package provides the documentation.
There are three methods to install forge-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install forge-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 forge-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install forge-doc
Install forge-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install forge-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install forge-doc
Install forge-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install forge-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install forge-doc
How To Uninstall forge-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the forge-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove forge-doc
Uninstall forge-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall forge-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove forge-doc
Remove forge-doc Configurations and Data
To remove forge-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge forge-doc
Remove forge-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove forge-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge forge-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install forge-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
