How To Install nim-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nim-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nim-doc
nim-doc is:
Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language that generates native code via compilation to C. It provides a non-tracing GC, high level datatypes and local type inference, and bindings to a lot of C libraries.
This is a documentation package.
There are three methods to install nim-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 nim-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 nim-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nim-doc
Install nim-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nim-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nim-doc
Install nim-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 nim-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nim-doc
How To Uninstall nim-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nim-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nim-doc
Uninstall nim-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nim-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nim-doc
Remove nim-doc Configurations and Data
To remove nim-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nim-doc
Remove nim-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nim-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nim-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nim-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
