How To Install lmod-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install lmod-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. lmod-doc is Lua based environment modules (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmod-doc on Debian 12.

What is lmod-doc

lmod-doc is:

Lmod is a Lua based module system that easily handles the MODULEPATH Hierarchical problem. Environment Modules provide a convenient way to dynamically change the users’ environment through modulefiles. This includes easily adding or removing directories to the PATH environment variable. Modulefiles for Library packages provide environment variables that specify where the library and header files can be found.

This package contains the documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lmod-doc

Install lmod-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lmod-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install lmod-doc

How To Uninstall lmod-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove lmod-doc

Uninstall lmod-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lmod-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lmod-doc

Remove lmod-doc Configurations and Data

To remove lmod-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lmod-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

lmod-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lmod-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.