How To Install libasound2-doc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-doc on Debian 11.
What is libasound2-doc
libasound2-doc is:
This package contains the HTML documentation for the ALSA library, which describes the development API for user-space applications that want to use ALSA.
ALSA is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
There are three methods to install libasound2-doc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libasound2-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 libasound2-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libasound2-doc
Install libasound2-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libasound2-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libasound2-doc
Install libasound2-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libasound2-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libasound2-doc
How To Uninstall libasound2-doc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libasound2-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libasound2-doc
Uninstall libasound2-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libasound2-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasound2-doc
Remove libasound2-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libasound2-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libasound2-doc
Remove libasound2-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libasound2-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasound2-doc
Dependencies
libasound2-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.