How To Install libnfo-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfo-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libnfo-doc is developer documentation for libnfo

Introduction

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

What is libnfo-doc

libnfo-doc is:

libNFO is a small library to parse and write NFO files. NFO files are used to store metadata information on many multimedia files.

This package contains developer documentation for libnfo.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnfo-doc

Install libnfo-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnfo-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libnfo-doc

How To Uninstall libnfo-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libnfo-doc

Uninstall libnfo-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnfo-doc

Remove libnfo-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnfo-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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