How To Install inform-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inform-docs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is inform-docs
inform-docs is:
Inform is an object-oriented language for text adventure games which are commonly known as “interactive fiction”. The story files are compiled into a special form of bytecode (Z-code) which can then be run by Z-code interpreters that exist for a multitude of operating systems.
This package contains:
- the Inform Designer’s Manual (4th edition)
- the Inform Beginner’s Guide
There are three methods to install inform-docs 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 inform-docs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inform-docs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inform-docs
Install inform-docs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inform-docs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inform-docs
Install inform-docs 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 inform-docs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inform-docs
How To Uninstall inform-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the inform-docs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inform-docs
Uninstall inform-docs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inform-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inform-docs
Remove inform-docs Configurations and Data
To remove inform-docs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inform-docs
Remove inform-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inform-docs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inform-docs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inform-docs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
