How To Install libsoup2.4-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoup2.4-doc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libsoup2.4-doc
libsoup2.4-doc is:
It was originally part of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but the SOAP and non-SOAP parts have now been split into separate packages.
libsoup uses the Glib main loop and is designed to work well with GTK+ applications. This enables GNOME applications to access HTTP servers on the network in a completely asynchronous fashion, very similar to the GTK+ programming model (a synchronous operation mode is also supported for those who want it).
Features:
- Both asynchronous (GMainLoop and callback-based) and synchronous APIs
- Automatically caches connections
- SSL Support using GnuTLS
- Proxy support, including authentication and SSL tunneling
- Client support for Digest, NTLM, and Basic authentication
- Server support for Digest and Basic authentication
- Basic client-side SOAP and XML-RPC support
This package contains the documentation.
There are three methods to install libsoup2.4-doc
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsoup2.4-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 libsoup2.4-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsoup2.4-doc
Install libsoup2.4-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoup2.4-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsoup2.4-doc
Install libsoup2.4-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 libsoup2.4-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsoup2.4-doc
How To Uninstall libsoup2.4-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libsoup2.4-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsoup2.4-doc
Uninstall libsoup2.4-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsoup2.4-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoup2.4-doc
Remove libsoup2.4-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libsoup2.4-doc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsoup2.4-doc
Remove libsoup2.4-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsoup2.4-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoup2.4-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoup2.4-doc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.