How To Install libpt-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpt-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpt-doc
libpt-doc is:
This package contains the documentation and samples to program with PTLib, which is a moderately large class library that has its genesis many years ago as a method to produce applications to run on both Microsoft Windows and Unix X-Window systems.
There are three methods to install libpt-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 libpt-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 libpt-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpt-doc
Install libpt-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpt-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpt-doc
Install libpt-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 libpt-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpt-doc
How To Uninstall libpt-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpt-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpt-doc
Uninstall libpt-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpt-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpt-doc
Remove libpt-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libpt-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpt-doc
Remove libpt-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpt-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpt-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpt-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
