How To Install libsolv-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. libsolv-doc is dependency solver using a satisfiablility algorithm (documentation files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsolv-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.