How To Install libvaladoc-0.40-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc-0.40-0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libvaladoc-0.40-0 is API documentation generator for vala (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc-0.40-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libvaladoc-0.40-0

libvaladoc-0.40-0 is:

Valadoc is a documentation generator for generating API documentation in HTML format from Vala source code. It can be used for *.vala and *.vapi files.

This package contains the library used by valadoc.

There are three methods to install libvaladoc-0.40-0 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 libvaladoc-0.40-0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvaladoc-0.40-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvaladoc-0.40-0

Install libvaladoc-0.40-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvaladoc-0.40-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvaladoc-0.40-0

Install libvaladoc-0.40-0 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 libvaladoc-0.40-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvaladoc-0.40-0

How To Uninstall libvaladoc-0.40-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libvaladoc-0.40-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvaladoc-0.40-0

Uninstall libvaladoc-0.40-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvaladoc-0.40-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvaladoc-0.40-0

Remove libvaladoc-0.40-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libvaladoc-0.40-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvaladoc-0.40-0

Remove libvaladoc-0.40-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvaladoc-0.40-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvaladoc-0.40-0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvaladoc-0.40-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.