How To Install libyaml-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install libyaml-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libyaml-doc is Fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaml-doc on Debian 12.

What is libyaml-doc

libyaml-doc is:

LibYAML is a C library for parsing and emitting data in YAML 1.1, a human-readable data serialization format.

This package contains API documentation for developers in HTML format, and some example programs from the LibYAML distribution.

There are three methods to install libyaml-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libyaml-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 libyaml-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libyaml-doc

Install libyaml-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libyaml-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libyaml-doc

How To Uninstall libyaml-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libyaml-doc

Uninstall libyaml-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libyaml-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyaml-doc

Remove libyaml-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libyaml-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libyaml-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libyaml-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaml-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.