How To Install liblzma-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblzma-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. liblzma-doc is XZ-format compression library - API documentation

Introduction

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

What is liblzma-doc

liblzma-doc is:

This package contains a reference manual for the liblzma data compression library, in Doxygen-generated HTML files. The purpose of each struct, macro, and function in the public interface is explained.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblzma-doc

Install liblzma-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblzma-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblzma-doc

How To Uninstall liblzma-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liblzma-doc

Uninstall liblzma-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblzma-doc

Remove liblzma-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblzma-doc

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

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

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

References

Summary

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