How To Install libsolv-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is libsolv-doc

libsolv-doc is:

This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:

1. Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
2. Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.

This package contains documentation files for libsolv.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsolv-doc

Install libsolv-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsolv-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsolv-doc

How To Uninstall libsolv-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libsolv-doc

Uninstall libsolv-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsolv-doc

Remove libsolv-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsolv-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsolv-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• libsolv-doc website

Summary

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