How To Install mia-doctools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mia-doctools on Debian 9.
What is mia-doctools
mia-doctools is:
A set of scripts that can be used to create man-pages and on-line documentation for programs that make use of the mia command line parser and plug-in infrastructure
There are three methods to install mia-doctools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mia-doctools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mia-doctools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mia-doctools
Install mia-doctools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mia-doctools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mia-doctools
Install mia-doctools 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 mia-doctools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mia-doctools
How To Uninstall mia-doctools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mia-doctools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mia-doctools
Uninstall mia-doctools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mia-doctools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mia-doctools
Remove mia-doctools Configurations and Data
To remove mia-doctools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mia-doctools
Remove mia-doctools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mia-doctools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mia-doctools
Dependencies
mia-doctools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mia-doctools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.