How To Install libosmoctrl-doc on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmoctrl-doc on Debian 11. libosmoctrl-doc is Documentation for the Osmocom CTRL library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmoctrl-doc on Debian 11.

What is libosmoctrl-doc

libosmoctrl-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 libosmoctrl library.

There are three methods to install libosmoctrl-doc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libosmoctrl-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 libosmoctrl-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmoctrl-doc

Install libosmoctrl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libosmoctrl-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libosmoctrl-doc

How To Uninstall libosmoctrl-doc on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove libosmoctrl-doc

Uninstall libosmoctrl-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmoctrl-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmoctrl-doc

Remove libosmoctrl-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libosmoctrl-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmoctrl-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libosmoctrl-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmoctrl-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.