How To Install libdigidoc-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdigidoc-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libdigidoc-doc is DigiDoc digital signature library documentation

Introduction

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

What is libdigidoc-doc

libdigidoc-doc is:

DigiDoc is an XML file format for documents with digital signatures in use by the Estonian ID card infrastructure. This library allows for creation and reading of DigiDoc files.

This library implements a subset of the XAdES digital signature standard on top of Estonian-specific .ddoc container format.

This package contains documentation for developing applications with the DigiDoc digital signature library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdigidoc-doc

Install libdigidoc-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdigidoc-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libdigidoc-doc

How To Uninstall libdigidoc-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libdigidoc-doc

Uninstall libdigidoc-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdigidoc-doc

Remove libdigidoc-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdigidoc-doc

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

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

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

References

Summary

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