How To Install fprintd-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fprintd-doc
fprintd-doc is:
fprintd is a D-Bus daemon that offers libfprint functionality over the D-Bus interprocess communication bus. By adding this daemon layer above libfprint, various problems related to multiple applications simultaneously competing for fingerprint readers get solved.
This package contains the GTK-Doc API documentation of fprintd.
There are three methods to install fprintd-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 fprintd-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 fprintd-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fprintd-doc
Install fprintd-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fprintd-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fprintd-doc
Install fprintd-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 fprintd-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fprintd-doc
How To Uninstall fprintd-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fprintd-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fprintd-doc
Uninstall fprintd-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fprintd-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fprintd-doc
Remove fprintd-doc Configurations and Data
To remove fprintd-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fprintd-doc
Remove fprintd-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fprintd-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fprintd-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
