How To Install fweb-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fweb-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. fweb-doc is Documentation for literate-programming tool Fweb

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fweb-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fweb-doc

fweb-doc is:

Literate-programming allows the programmer to write a program’s code and its code’s documentation, with equal importance accorded to both. This helps producing a well-documented code.

This is the documentation for fweb in HTML, info, and texinfo formats.

There are three methods to install fweb-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 fweb-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 fweb-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fweb-doc

Install fweb-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fweb-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install fweb-doc

How To Uninstall fweb-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fweb-doc

Uninstall fweb-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fweb-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fweb-doc

Remove fweb-doc Configurations and Data

To remove fweb-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fweb-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fweb-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.