How To Install libgirepository1.0-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgirepository1.0-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgirepository1.0-doc is Library for handling GObject introspection data (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgirepository1.0-doc on Debian 10.

What is libgirepository1.0-doc

libgirepository1.0-doc is:

GObject Introspection is a project for providing machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries. This introspection data can be used in several different use cases, for example automatic code generation for bindings, API verification and documentation generation.

GObject Introspection contains tools to generate and handle the introspection data.

This package contains the documentation for the C library for handling the introspection data.

There are three methods to install libgirepository1.0-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgirepository1.0-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 libgirepository1.0-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgirepository1.0-doc

Install libgirepository1.0-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgirepository1.0-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgirepository1.0-doc

Install libgirepository1.0-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 libgirepository1.0-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgirepository1.0-doc

How To Uninstall libgirepository1.0-doc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgirepository1.0-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgirepository1.0-doc

Uninstall libgirepository1.0-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgirepository1.0-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgirepository1.0-doc

Remove libgirepository1.0-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libgirepository1.0-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgirepository1.0-doc

Remove libgirepository1.0-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgirepository1.0-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgirepository1.0-doc

Dependencies

libgirepository1.0-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgirepository1.0-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.