How To Install gnome-documents on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-documents on Debian 9. gnome-documents is Document manager for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-documents on Debian 9.

What is gnome-documents

gnome-documents is:

GNOME Documents is a standalone application to find, organize and view your documents.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-documents

Install gnome-documents Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-documents

Install gnome-documents 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 gnome-documents using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-documents

How To Uninstall gnome-documents on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gnome-documents package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-documents

Uninstall gnome-documents And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-documents

Remove gnome-documents Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-documents configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-documents

Remove gnome-documents configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-documents

Dependencies

gnome-documents have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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