How To Install info on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install info on Debian 9.
What is info
info is:
The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online documents. This program allows you to view Info documents, like the ones stored in /usr/share/info.
Much of the software in Debian comes with its online documentation in the form of Info files, so it is most likely you will want to install it.
There are three methods to install info 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 info Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install info using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install info
Install info Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install info using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install info
Install info 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 info using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install info
How To Uninstall info on Debian 9
To uninstall only the info package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove info
Uninstall info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall info and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove info
Remove info Configurations and Data
To remove info configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge info
Remove info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove info configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge info
Dependencies
info have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install info package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.