How To Install libbamf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libbamf-doc is Window matching library - documentation

Introduction

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

What is libbamf-doc

libbamf-doc is:

bamf matches application windows to desktop files

This package contains the daemon used by the library and a gio module that facilitates the matching of applications started through GDesktopAppInfo

This package contains the documentation

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbamf-doc

Install libbamf-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbamf-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbamf-doc

How To Uninstall libbamf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libbamf-doc

Uninstall libbamf-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbamf-doc

Remove libbamf-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbamf-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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