How To Install glibc-doc-reference on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-doc-reference on Debian 12.
What is glibc-doc-reference
glibc-doc-reference is:
Contains The GNU C Library Reference manual in info, pdf and html format.
There are three methods to install glibc-doc-reference 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-reference 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-reference using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glibc-doc-reference
Install glibc-doc-reference Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glibc-doc-reference using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glibc-doc-reference
Install glibc-doc-reference 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-reference using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glibc-doc-reference
How To Uninstall glibc-doc-reference on Debian 12
To uninstall only the glibc-doc-reference package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glibc-doc-reference
Uninstall glibc-doc-reference And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glibc-doc-reference and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glibc-doc-reference
Remove glibc-doc-reference Configurations and Data
To remove glibc-doc-reference configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glibc-doc-reference
Remove glibc-doc-reference configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glibc-doc-reference configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glibc-doc-reference
Dependencies
glibc-doc-reference have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-doc-reference package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.