How To Install gtk-doc-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-doc-tools on Debian 9.
What is gtk-doc-tools
gtk-doc-tools is:
These tools extract documentation embedded in GNOME source code, and produce pretty output via DocBook SGML.
There are three methods to install gtk-doc-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gtk-doc-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk-doc-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtk-doc-tools
Install gtk-doc-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk-doc-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtk-doc-tools
Install gtk-doc-tools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk-doc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtk-doc-tools
How To Uninstall gtk-doc-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gtk-doc-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtk-doc-tools
Uninstall gtk-doc-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtk-doc-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk-doc-tools
Remove gtk-doc-tools Configurations and Data
To remove gtk-doc-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtk-doc-tools
Remove gtk-doc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtk-doc-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk-doc-tools
Dependencies
gtk-doc-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-doc-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.