How To Install libapreq2-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libapreq2-doc is generic Apache request library - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libapreq2-doc

libapreq2-doc is:

The generic Apache request library (APR) contains modules for manipulating client request data with the Apache API from Perl and C. Functionality includes:

  • parsing of application/x-www-form-urlencoded data
  • parsing of multipart/form-data
  • parsing of HTTP Cookies

This package contains the programming documentation for the library.

There are three methods to install libapreq2-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 libapreq2-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 libapreq2-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapreq2-doc

Install libapreq2-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libapreq2-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libapreq2-doc

Install libapreq2-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 libapreq2-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapreq2-doc

How To Uninstall libapreq2-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libapreq2-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapreq2-doc

Uninstall libapreq2-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapreq2-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapreq2-doc

Remove libapreq2-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libapreq2-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapreq2-doc

Remove libapreq2-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libapreq2-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapreq2-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapreq2-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.