How To Install gtk-doc-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-doc-tools on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• python3

References

• gtk-doc-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-doc-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.