How To Install monodoc-base on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install monodoc-base on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is monodoc-base
monodoc-base is:
The MonoDoc Project is the documentation framework of the Mono project which provides detailed API documentation for all Mono components and the Mono CLI implementation.
This package contains the shared binaries which are used by the monodoc programs like the documentation file compiler (assembler.exe aka “monodoc”).
There are three methods to install monodoc-base 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 monodoc-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install monodoc-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install monodoc-base
Install monodoc-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install monodoc-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install monodoc-base
Install monodoc-base 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 monodoc-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install monodoc-base
How To Uninstall monodoc-base on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the monodoc-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove monodoc-base
Uninstall monodoc-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall monodoc-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove monodoc-base
Remove monodoc-base Configurations and Data
To remove monodoc-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge monodoc-base
Remove monodoc-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove monodoc-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monodoc-base
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install monodoc-base package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
