How To Install libasound2-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libasound2-doc is documentation for user-space ALSA application programming

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasound2-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.