How To Install gnutls-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnutls-doc
gnutls-doc is:
GnuTLS is a portable library which implements the Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS 1.0, 1.2) protocols.
GnuTLS features support for:
- TLS extensions: server name indication, max record size, opaque PRF input, etc.
- authentication using the SRP protocol.
- authentication using both X.509 certificates and OpenPGP keys.
- TLS Pre-Shared-Keys (PSK) extension.
- Inner Application (TLS/IA) extension.
- X.509 and OpenPGP certificate handling.
- X.509 Proxy Certificates (RFC 3820).
- all the strong encryption algorithms (including SHA-256/384/512 and Camellia (RFC 4132)).
This package contains all the GnuTLS documentation.
There are three methods to install gnutls-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 gnutls-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 gnutls-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnutls-doc
Install gnutls-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnutls-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnutls-doc
Install gnutls-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 gnutls-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnutls-doc
How To Uninstall gnutls-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnutls-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnutls-doc
Uninstall gnutls-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnutls-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnutls-doc
Remove gnutls-doc Configurations and Data
To remove gnutls-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnutls-doc
Remove gnutls-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnutls-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnutls-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnutls-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
