How To Install mplayer-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mplayer-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mplayer-doc
mplayer-doc is:
This package contains the HTML documentation for MPlayer, a movie player for Unix-like systems. It is available in several languages.
You only need this package if you want to read the MPlayer manual. The manpages are included in the regular MPlayer package.
There are three methods to install mplayer-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 mplayer-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 mplayer-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mplayer-doc
Install mplayer-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mplayer-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mplayer-doc
Install mplayer-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 mplayer-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mplayer-doc
How To Uninstall mplayer-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mplayer-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mplayer-doc
Uninstall mplayer-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mplayer-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mplayer-doc
Remove mplayer-doc Configurations and Data
To remove mplayer-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mplayer-doc
Remove mplayer-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mplayer-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mplayer-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mplayer-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
