How To Install indent-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install indent-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. indent-doc is Documentation for GNU indent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install indent-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is indent-doc

indent-doc is:

This package contains the HTML documentation for GNU indent.

There are three methods to install indent-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 indent-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 indent-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install indent-doc

Install indent-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install indent-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install indent-doc

Install indent-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 indent-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install indent-doc

How To Uninstall indent-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the indent-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove indent-doc

Uninstall indent-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall indent-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove indent-doc

Remove indent-doc Configurations and Data

To remove indent-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge indent-doc

Remove indent-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove indent-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indent-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install indent-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.