How To Install libgpiod-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpiod-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgpiod-doc
libgpiod-doc is:
libgpiod encapsulates the ioctl calls and data structures behind a straightforward API. This new character device interface guarantees all allocated resources are freed after closing the device file descriptor and adds several new features that are not present in the obsolete sysfs interface (like event polling, setting/reading multiple values at once or open-source and open-drain GPIOs).
This package contains the doxygen generated HTML documentation for the libraries.
There are three methods to install libgpiod-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 libgpiod-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 libgpiod-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgpiod-doc
Install libgpiod-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgpiod-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgpiod-doc
Install libgpiod-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 libgpiod-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgpiod-doc
How To Uninstall libgpiod-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgpiod-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgpiod-doc
Uninstall libgpiod-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgpiod-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpiod-doc
Remove libgpiod-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libgpiod-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgpiod-doc
Remove libgpiod-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgpiod-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpiod-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpiod-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
