How To Install gnash-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnash-doc
gnash-doc is:
GNU Gnash is a free GPL’d SWF player. It runs as a standalone application on either the desktop or embedded devices, or may be used as a plugin for several popular browsers. It supports playing media from a disk or streaming over a network connection.
GNU Gnash is based on GameSWF and supports most SWF v7 features and some SWF v8 and v9. SWF v10 is not supported by GNU Gnash.
Included in the Gnash is an XML based messaging system, as specified in the SWF specification. This lets a SWF animation communicate over a TCP/IP socket, and parse the incoming XML message. This lets an animation be a remote control for other devices or applications.
This package contains the API documentation for Gnash.
There are three methods to install gnash-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 gnash-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 gnash-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnash-doc
Install gnash-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnash-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnash-doc
Install gnash-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 gnash-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnash-doc
How To Uninstall gnash-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnash-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnash-doc
Uninstall gnash-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnash-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnash-doc
Remove gnash-doc Configurations and Data
To remove gnash-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnash-doc
Remove gnash-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnash-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnash-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnash-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
