How To Install gi-docgen-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install gi-docgen-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gi-docgen-doc is Documentation for the gi-docgen documentation tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gi-docgen-doc on Debian 12.

What is gi-docgen-doc

gi-docgen-doc is:

GI-DocGen is a document generator for GObject-based libraries. GObject is the base type system of the GNOME project. GI-Docgen reuses the introspection data generated by GObject-based libraries to generate the API reference of these libraries, as well as other ancillary documentation.

This package contains documentation for gi-docgen.

There are three methods to install gi-docgen-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gi-docgen-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 gi-docgen-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gi-docgen-doc

Install gi-docgen-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gi-docgen-doc

Install gi-docgen-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 gi-docgen-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gi-docgen-doc

How To Uninstall gi-docgen-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove gi-docgen-doc

Uninstall gi-docgen-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gi-docgen-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gi-docgen-doc

Remove gi-docgen-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gi-docgen-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gi-docgen-doc

Remove gi-docgen-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gi-docgen-doc

Dependencies

gi-docgen-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gi-docgen-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.