How To Install mailman3-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailman3-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mailman3-doc
mailman3-doc is:
This is GNU Mailman version 3, a mailing list management system. This package contains the full compiled documentation of Mailman3 server. It is built using sphinx and voluntarily separated from mailman3 lib/binaries as it is not required to have a properly working server.
There are three methods to install mailman3-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 mailman3-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 mailman3-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailman3-doc
Install mailman3-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailman3-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailman3-doc
Install mailman3-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 mailman3-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailman3-doc
How To Uninstall mailman3-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mailman3-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailman3-doc
Uninstall mailman3-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailman3-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailman3-doc
Remove mailman3-doc Configurations and Data
To remove mailman3-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailman3-doc
Remove mailman3-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailman3-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailman3-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailman3-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
