How To Install instead-doc-base on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install instead-doc-base on Debian 9. instead-doc-base is Common documentation for INSTEAD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install instead-doc-base on Debian 9.

What is instead-doc-base

instead-doc-base is:

This package contains base documentation (common for all languages).

At the moment this contains only examples for developer’s manual. These examples (written in Lua) demonstrate how to implement common features when you write a game for INSTEAD.

There are three methods to install instead-doc-base 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 instead-doc-base Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install instead-doc-base

Install instead-doc-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install instead-doc-base

Install instead-doc-base 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 instead-doc-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install instead-doc-base

How To Uninstall instead-doc-base on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove instead-doc-base

Uninstall instead-doc-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall instead-doc-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove instead-doc-base

Remove instead-doc-base Configurations and Data

To remove instead-doc-base configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge instead-doc-base

Remove instead-doc-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge instead-doc-base

Dependencies

instead-doc-base have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install instead-doc-base package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.