How To Install glibc-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install glibc-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. glibc-doc is GNU C Library

Introduction

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

What is glibc-doc

glibc-doc is:

Contains man pages for libpthread functions and the complete GNU C Library ChangeLog. The GNU C Library Reference manual has been moved into glibc-doc-reference for licensing reasons.

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

sudo apt-get -y install glibc-doc

Install glibc-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install glibc-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install glibc-doc

How To Uninstall glibc-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove glibc-doc

Uninstall glibc-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glibc-doc

Remove glibc-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge glibc-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

glibc-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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