How To Install odpic-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install odpic-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. odpic-doc is Oracle Database Programming Interface documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install odpic-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is odpic-doc

odpic-doc is:

Oracle Database Programming Interface for C (ODPI-C) is an open source library of C code that simplifies access to Oracle Database for applications written in C or C++. It is a wrapper over Oracle Call Interface (OCI) that makes applications and language interfaces easier to develop.

ODPI-C supports basic and advanced features of Oracle Database and Oracle Client. See the homepage for a list.

This package contains the developer documentation for ODPI-C.

There are three methods to install odpic-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install odpic-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 odpic-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install odpic-doc

Install odpic-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install odpic-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install odpic-doc

Install odpic-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 odpic-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install odpic-doc

How To Uninstall odpic-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the odpic-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove odpic-doc

Uninstall odpic-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall odpic-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove odpic-doc

Remove odpic-doc Configurations and Data

To remove odpic-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge odpic-doc

Remove odpic-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove odpic-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odpic-doc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install odpic-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.