How To Install libcerf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcerf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcerf-doc
libcerf-doc is:
libcerf is a self-contained numeric library that provides an efficient and accurate implementation of the complex error functions, along with Dawson, Faddeeva, and Voigt functions.
This package contains the man pages and html documentation for libcerf.
There are three methods to install libcerf-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 libcerf-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 libcerf-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcerf-doc
Install libcerf-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcerf-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcerf-doc
Install libcerf-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 libcerf-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcerf-doc
How To Uninstall libcerf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcerf-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcerf-doc
Uninstall libcerf-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcerf-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcerf-doc
Remove libcerf-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libcerf-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcerf-doc
Remove libcerf-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcerf-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcerf-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcerf-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
