How To Install libnotify-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotify-doc on Debian 9.
What is libnotify-doc
libnotify-doc is:
A library that sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon, as defined in the Desktop Notifications spec. These notifications can be used to inform the user about an event or display some form of information without getting in the user’s way.
This package contains the documentation for libnotify4 in /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libnotify .
There are three methods to install libnotify-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnotify-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 libnotify-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnotify-doc
Install libnotify-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnotify-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnotify-doc
Install libnotify-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnotify-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnotify-doc
How To Uninstall libnotify-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libnotify-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnotify-doc
Uninstall libnotify-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnotify-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotify-doc
Remove libnotify-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libnotify-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnotify-doc
Remove libnotify-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnotify-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnotify-doc
Dependencies
libnotify-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotify-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.