How To Install install-info on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install install-info
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is install-info
install-info is:
The install-info utility creates the index of all installed documentation in info format and makes it available to info readers. Task: standard
There are three methods to install install-info
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 install-info
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install install-info
Install install-info Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install install-info
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install install-info
Install 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install install-info
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install install-info
How To Uninstall install-info on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the install-info
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove install-info
Uninstall install-info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall install-info
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove install-info
Remove install-info Configurations and Data
To remove install-info
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge install-info
Remove install-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove install-info
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge install-info
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install install-info
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.