How To Install gnumeric-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnumeric-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. gnumeric-doc is spreadsheet application for GNOME - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnumeric-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gnumeric-doc

gnumeric-doc is:

Gnumeric is a spreadsheet application that interoperates well with other spreadsheets. It comes with plugins that enable it to deal with commonly used spreadsheet file formats.

This package provides the user manual in GNOME Help (DocBook XML) format.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnumeric-doc

Install gnumeric-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnumeric-doc

Install gnumeric-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 gnumeric-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnumeric-doc

How To Uninstall gnumeric-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gnumeric-doc

Uninstall gnumeric-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnumeric-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnumeric-doc

Remove gnumeric-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gnumeric-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnumeric-doc

Remove gnumeric-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnumeric-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnumeric-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.