How To Install libgpgmepp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpgmepp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libgpgmepp-doc is C++ and Qt bindings for GPGME (documentation for developers)

Introduction

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

What is libgpgmepp-doc

libgpgmepp-doc is:

GpgME++ (aka GpgMEpp) is a C++ wrapper (or C++ bindings) for the GnuPG project’s GPGME (GnuPG Made Easy) library.

QGpgME is a library that provides GPGME integration with QEventLoop and some Qt datatypes (e.g. QByteArray).

This package contains documentation for developers describing how to use these packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgpgmepp-doc

Install libgpgmepp-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgpgmepp-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgpgmepp-doc

How To Uninstall libgpgmepp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libgpgmepp-doc

Uninstall libgpgmepp-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpgmepp-doc

Remove libgpgmepp-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgpgmepp-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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