How To Install libdigidoc-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdigidoc-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdigidoc-tools
libdigidoc-tools 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 tools for manipulating signatures created with the DigiDoc digital signature library.
There are three methods to install libdigidoc-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdigidoc-tools
Install libdigidoc-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdigidoc-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdigidoc-tools
Install libdigidoc-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdigidoc-tools
How To Uninstall libdigidoc-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdigidoc-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdigidoc-tools
Uninstall libdigidoc-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdigidoc-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdigidoc-tools
Remove libdigidoc-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libdigidoc-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdigidoc-tools
Remove libdigidoc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdigidoc-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdigidoc-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdigidoc-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
