How To Install graphviz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphviz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is graphviz-doc
graphviz-doc is:
Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.
This package installs HTML and PDF documentation for Graphviz, as well as examples.
There are three methods to install graphviz-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 graphviz-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 graphviz-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install graphviz-doc
Install graphviz-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install graphviz-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install graphviz-doc
Install graphviz-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 graphviz-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install graphviz-doc
How To Uninstall graphviz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the graphviz-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove graphviz-doc
Uninstall graphviz-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall graphviz-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove graphviz-doc
Remove graphviz-doc Configurations and Data
To remove graphviz-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge graphviz-doc
Remove graphviz-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove graphviz-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge graphviz-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphviz-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
