How To Install gnustep-core-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-core-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. gnustep-core-doc is GNUstep Development Environment – core documentation

Introduction

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

What is gnustep-core-doc

gnustep-core-doc is:

These packages provide documentation for developing programs for the GNUstep environment.

This is a metapackage that depends on the documentation packages of the core GNUstep development environment (GNUstep Make, Base and GUI).

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnustep-core-doc

Install gnustep-core-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnustep-core-doc

Install gnustep-core-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 gnustep-core-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnustep-core-doc

How To Uninstall gnustep-core-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gnustep-core-doc

Uninstall gnustep-core-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnustep-core-doc

Remove gnustep-core-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnustep-core-doc

Remove gnustep-core-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnustep-core-doc

References

Summary

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