How To Install libdbus-glib-1-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbus-glib-1-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libdbus-glib-1-doc is deprecated library for D-Bus IPC (API documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbus-glib-1-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libdbus-glib-1-doc

libdbus-glib-1-doc is:

D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity.

This package provides the HTML documentation for dbus-glib, a deprecated GLib-based D-Bus library. New code should use GDBus, part of GLib, instead.

See the dbus description for more information about D-Bus in general.

There are three methods to install libdbus-glib-1-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 libdbus-glib-1-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 libdbus-glib-1-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdbus-glib-1-doc

Install libdbus-glib-1-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdbus-glib-1-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdbus-glib-1-doc

Install libdbus-glib-1-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 libdbus-glib-1-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdbus-glib-1-doc

How To Uninstall libdbus-glib-1-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libdbus-glib-1-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdbus-glib-1-doc

Uninstall libdbus-glib-1-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdbus-glib-1-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdbus-glib-1-doc

Remove libdbus-glib-1-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libdbus-glib-1-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdbus-glib-1-doc

Remove libdbus-glib-1-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdbus-glib-1-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdbus-glib-1-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbus-glib-1-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.