How To Install gnumed-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnumed-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnumed-doc
gnumed-doc is:
This is the GNUmed Electronic Medical Record. Its purpose is to enable doctors to keep a medically sound record on their patients’ health. Currently it is not fully featured. The features provided are, however, tested, in use, and considered stable. This package does NOT yet provide functionality for billing and stock keeping.
While the GNUmed team has taken the utmost care to make sure the medical records are safe at all times you still need to make sure you are taking appropriate steps to backup the medical data to a safe place at appropriate intervals. Do test your backup and disaster recovery procedures, too !
Protect your data! GNUmed itself comes without any warranty whatsoever. You have been warned.
This package contains the documentation for users.
There are three methods to install gnumed-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 gnumed-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 gnumed-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnumed-doc
Install gnumed-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnumed-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnumed-doc
Install gnumed-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 gnumed-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnumed-doc
How To Uninstall gnumed-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnumed-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnumed-doc
Uninstall gnumed-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnumed-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnumed-doc
Remove gnumed-doc Configurations and Data
To remove gnumed-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnumed-doc
Remove gnumed-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnumed-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnumed-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnumed-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
