How To Install gnat-gps-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnat-gps-doc on Debian 9.

What is gnat-gps-doc

gnat-gps-doc is:

GNAT Programming Studio is a complete integrated development environment that gives access to a wide range of tools and integrates them smoothly.

This package contains the documentation in HTML and PDF formats. This documentation consists of:

• the GPS Tutorial: building Hello, World with the GPS
• a User’s Guide: using the GPS for multi-language projects
• a Programmer’s Manual: extending the GPS with new modules
• an user’s guide for the gnatdoc command line tool

There are three methods to install gnat-gps-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnat-gps-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 gnat-gps-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnat-gps-doc

Install gnat-gps-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnat-gps-doc

Install gnat-gps-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 gnat-gps-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnat-gps-doc

How To Uninstall gnat-gps-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gnat-gps-doc

Uninstall gnat-gps-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnat-gps-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnat-gps-doc

Remove gnat-gps-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gnat-gps-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnat-gps-doc

Remove gnat-gps-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnat-gps-doc

Dependencies

gnat-gps-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-sphinxdoc

References

• gnat-gps-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnat-gps-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.