How To Install fp-docs on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-docs on Debian 10.
What is fp-docs
fp-docs is:
The Free Pascal Compiler is an Object Pascal compiler supporting both Delphi and Turbo Pascal 7.0 dialects, as well as Mac Pascal dialects. It provides a completely portable RunTime Library (RTL) available on many platforms and compatible with Turbo Pascal, along with a platform-independent class-based Free Component Library (FCL) adding many Delphi extensions and interfacing with many popular open source libraries.
This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the package containing documentation for the Free Pascal Compiler in HTML format.
There are three methods to install fp-docs on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fp-docs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fp-docs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fp-docs
Install fp-docs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fp-docs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fp-docs
Install fp-docs 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 fp-docs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fp-docs
How To Uninstall fp-docs on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fp-docs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fp-docs
Uninstall fp-docs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fp-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fp-docs
Remove fp-docs Configurations and Data
To remove fp-docs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fp-docs
Remove fp-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fp-docs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fp-docs
Dependencies
fp-docs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-docs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.