How To Install libknet-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libknet-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libknet-doc is kronosnet core API documentation

Introduction

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

What is libknet-doc

libknet-doc is:

Kronosnet, often referred to as knet, is a network abstraction layer designed for High Availability use cases, where redundancy, security, fault tolerance and fast fail-over are the core requirements of your application.

This package contains the man pages of the API functions.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libknet-doc

Install libknet-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libknet-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libknet-doc

How To Uninstall libknet-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libknet-doc

Uninstall libknet-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libknet-doc

Remove libknet-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libknet-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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