How To Install gnome-devel-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-devel-docs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-devel-docs
gnome-devel-docs is:
Documentation for developing for the GNOME desktop environment. It contains:
- Platform Overview
- Accessibility Guide
- Integration Guide
- Optimization Guide
- Human Interface Guidelines
- GNOME Developer Demos
There are three methods to install gnome-devel-docs 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 gnome-devel-docs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-devel-docs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-devel-docs
Install gnome-devel-docs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-devel-docs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-devel-docs
Install gnome-devel-docs 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 gnome-devel-docs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-devel-docs
How To Uninstall gnome-devel-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-devel-docs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-devel-docs
Uninstall gnome-devel-docs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-devel-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-devel-docs
Remove gnome-devel-docs Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-devel-docs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-devel-docs
Remove gnome-devel-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-devel-docs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-devel-docs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-devel-docs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
