How To Install libpam-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-doc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpam-doc
libpam-doc is:
Contains documentation (in HTML, ASCII, and PostScript format) for libpam, the Pluggable Authentication Modules library, a library that enables the local system administrator to choose how applications authenticate users.
Package: libpam-doc Architecture: all Version: 1.3.1-5ubuntu4 Priority: optional Section: doc Source: pam Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Steve Langasek [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1014 Provides: pam-doc Filename: pool/main/p/pam/libpam-doc_1.3.1-5ubuntu4_all.deb Size: 211988 MD5sum: 9d304829effd3d342765a773a25b310e SHA1: fd194809de6f60133798643469fd7b62a6c7d96a SHA256: 2e1d187a3e021d02deb97b9314289f10626af9bec0f21563e85ef85d75d818d4 Homepage: http://www.linux-pam.org/ Description-en: Documentation of PAM Contains documentation (in HTML, ASCII, and PostScript format) for libpam, the Pluggable Authentication Modules library, a library that enables the local system administrator to choose how applications authenticate users.
There are three methods to install libpam-doc
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpam-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 libpam-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-doc
Install libpam-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-doc
Install libpam-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 libpam-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-doc
How To Uninstall libpam-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpam-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-doc
Uninstall libpam-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-doc
Remove libpam-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-doc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-doc
Remove libpam-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-doc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.