How To Install libfmt3-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt3-doc on Debian 9. libfmt3-doc is fast type-safe C++ formatting library – documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt3-doc on Debian 9.

What is libfmt3-doc

libfmt3-doc is:

This library provides fast, type-safe, small, C++11-aware replacement of (s)printf and related machinery. In some cases it’s noticeably faster than boost::format, boost::lexical_cast and even sprintf itself.

This package contains the documentation files.

There are three methods to install libfmt3-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libfmt3-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 libfmt3-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfmt3-doc

Install libfmt3-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfmt3-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfmt3-doc

Install libfmt3-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libfmt3-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfmt3-doc

How To Uninstall libfmt3-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libfmt3-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfmt3-doc

Uninstall libfmt3-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfmt3-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfmt3-doc

Remove libfmt3-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libfmt3-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfmt3-doc

Remove libfmt3-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfmt3-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfmt3-doc

Dependencies

libfmt3-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt3-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.