How To Install live-boot-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-boot-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. live-boot-doc is Live System Boot Components (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is live-boot-doc

live-boot-doc is:

The Live Systems project maintains the components to build Debian based Live systems and the official Debian Live images themselves.

live-boot contains the components to configure a live system during the boot process (early userspace).

This package contains the documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install live-boot-doc

Install live-boot-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install live-boot-doc

Install live-boot-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 live-boot-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install live-boot-doc

How To Uninstall live-boot-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove live-boot-doc

Uninstall live-boot-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-boot-doc

Remove live-boot-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge live-boot-doc

Remove live-boot-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-boot-doc

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Summary

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