How To Install libosmocore-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmocore-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libosmocore-doc is Documentation for the Osmo Core library

Introduction

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

What is libosmocore-doc

libosmocore-doc is:

This is part of the libosmocore “meta”-library. The libosmocore library contains various utility functions that were originally developed as part of the OpenBSC project, but which are of a more generic nature and thus useful to (at least) other programs that are developed in the sphere of Free Software / Open Source mobile communication.

This package contains the documentation for the libosmocore library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libosmocore-doc

Install libosmocore-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libosmocore-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libosmocore-doc

How To Uninstall libosmocore-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libosmocore-doc

Uninstall libosmocore-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmocore-doc

Remove libosmocore-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmocore-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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