How To Install lilo-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lilo-doc on Debian 9.
What is lilo-doc
lilo-doc is:
You can use LILO to manage your Master Boot Record (with a simple text screen, text menu or colorful splash graphics) or call LILO from other Boot-Loaders to jump-start the Linux kernel.
This package contains the old HTML and README documentations of lilo version 21.5 (of year 2000).
There are three methods to install lilo-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 lilo-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 lilo-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lilo-doc
Install lilo-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lilo-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lilo-doc
Install lilo-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 lilo-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lilo-doc
How To Uninstall lilo-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lilo-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lilo-doc
Uninstall lilo-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lilo-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lilo-doc
Remove lilo-doc Configurations and Data
To remove lilo-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lilo-doc
Remove lilo-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lilo-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lilo-doc
Dependencies
lilo-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lilo-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.