How To Install libkf5doctools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5doctools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libkf5doctools-dev
libkf5doctools-dev is:
KDocTools is a set of tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook files.
This package is part of KDE Frameworks 5.
This package contains the development files for kdoctools5.
There are three methods to install libkf5doctools-dev 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 libkf5doctools-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkf5doctools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkf5doctools-dev
Install libkf5doctools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkf5doctools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkf5doctools-dev
Install libkf5doctools-dev 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 libkf5doctools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkf5doctools-dev
How To Uninstall libkf5doctools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libkf5doctools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkf5doctools-dev
Uninstall libkf5doctools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkf5doctools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5doctools-dev
Remove libkf5doctools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkf5doctools-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5doctools-dev
Remove libkf5doctools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkf5doctools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5doctools-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5doctools-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
