How To Install linuxdoc-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxdoc-tools on Debian 12.
What is linuxdoc-tools
linuxdoc-tools is:
LinuxDoc sgml is a highly configurable text format for writing documentation, something like html only it’s simpler and can be converted to various other formats, including html for websites. You write a LinuxDoc document using any text editor such as vim. Then you use linuxdoc-tools to convert it to html, rtf, plain-text (install linuxdoc-tools-text), info (install linuxdoc-tools-info), LaTeX, dvi or postscript (install linuxdoc-tools-latex). The sgmltools-lite package can convert LinuxDoc to DocBook format.
LinuxDoc can automatically create a table of contents. It’s easier to write and read than DocBook since it allows one to omit most closing tags while paragraphs are separated by just blank lines.
There are three methods to install linuxdoc-tools 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 linuxdoc-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linuxdoc-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linuxdoc-tools
Install linuxdoc-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linuxdoc-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linuxdoc-tools
Install linuxdoc-tools 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 linuxdoc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linuxdoc-tools
How To Uninstall linuxdoc-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the linuxdoc-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linuxdoc-tools
Uninstall linuxdoc-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linuxdoc-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linuxdoc-tools
Remove linuxdoc-tools Configurations and Data
To remove linuxdoc-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linuxdoc-tools
Remove linuxdoc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linuxdoc-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linuxdoc-tools
Dependencies
linuxdoc-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxdoc-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
