How To Install libwaffle-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwaffle-doc on Debian 9. libwaffle-doc is Waffle library (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is libwaffle-doc

libwaffle-doc is:

A library for selecting an OpenGL API and window system at runtime

This package provides the documentation files for the waffle library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwaffle-doc

Install libwaffle-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwaffle-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwaffle-doc

How To Uninstall libwaffle-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libwaffle-doc

Uninstall libwaffle-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwaffle-doc

Remove libwaffle-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwaffle-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwaffle-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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