How To Install live-manual on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-manual on Ubuntu 18.04. live-manual is Live Systems Documentation (metapackage)

Introduction

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

What is live-manual

live-manual is:

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

live-manual contains the documentation for the Live Systems project.

This package is a metapackage depending on all available output formats.

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

sudo apt-get -y install live-manual

Install live-manual Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install live-manual

Install live-manual 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-manual using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install live-manual

How To Uninstall live-manual on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove live-manual

Uninstall live-manual And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-manual

Remove live-manual Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge live-manual

Remove live-manual configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-manual

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Summary

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