How To Install liboop-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboop-doc on Debian 9. liboop-doc is Event loop management library - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboop-doc on Debian 9.

What is liboop-doc

liboop-doc is:

Liboop is a low-level event loop management library for POSIX-based operating systems. It supports the development of modular, multiplexed applications which may respond to events from several sources. It replaces the “select() loop” and allows the registration of event handlers for file and network I/O, timers and signals. Since processes use these mechanisms for almost all external communication, liboop can be used as a basis for almost any application.

This package contains a mirror of the https://www.lysator.liu.se/liboop/ website and its associated HTML documentation for the liboop library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liboop-doc

Install liboop-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liboop-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install liboop-doc

How To Uninstall liboop-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liboop-doc

Uninstall liboop-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboop-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboop-doc

Remove liboop-doc Configurations and Data

To remove liboop-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboop-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

liboop-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboop-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.