How To Install icu-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icu-doc on Debian 9.
What is icu-doc
icu-doc is:
ICU is a C++ and C library that provides robust and full-featured Unicode and locale support. This package contains HTML files documenting the ICU APIs.
There are three methods to install icu-doc 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 icu-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 icu-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icu-doc
Install icu-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icu-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icu-doc
Install icu-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install icu-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icu-doc
How To Uninstall icu-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the icu-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icu-doc
Uninstall icu-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icu-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icu-doc
Remove icu-doc Configurations and Data
To remove icu-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icu-doc
Remove icu-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icu-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icu-doc
Dependencies
icu-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icu-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.