How To Install libzeitgeist-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzeitgeist-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libzeitgeist-doc is library to access Zeitgeist - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzeitgeist-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libzeitgeist-doc

libzeitgeist-doc is:

Zeitgeist is a service which logs the user’s activities and events (files opened, websites visited, conversations hold with other people, etc.) and makes the relevant information available to other applications.

It serves as a comprehensive activity log and also makes it possible to determine relationships between items based on usage patterns.

Libzeitgeist is a client library to access and manage the Zeitgeist event log from languages such as C and Vala.

This package contains the documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzeitgeist-doc

Install libzeitgeist-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzeitgeist-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzeitgeist-doc

How To Uninstall libzeitgeist-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libzeitgeist-doc

Uninstall libzeitgeist-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzeitgeist-doc

Remove libzeitgeist-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libzeitgeist-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzeitgeist-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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