How To Install opengl-4-man-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install opengl-4-man-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. opengl-4-man-doc is OpenGL 4 documentation - man pages (experimental)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opengl-4-man-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is opengl-4-man-doc

opengl-4-man-doc is:

This is the OpenGL API man pages.

The ARB Ecosystem TSG maintains an up-to-date version of the OpenGL man pages.

This is experimental man page package until support gets integrated upstream.

There are three methods to install opengl-4-man-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 opengl-4-man-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 opengl-4-man-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install opengl-4-man-doc

Install opengl-4-man-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opengl-4-man-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opengl-4-man-doc

Install opengl-4-man-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 opengl-4-man-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opengl-4-man-doc

How To Uninstall opengl-4-man-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the opengl-4-man-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opengl-4-man-doc

Uninstall opengl-4-man-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opengl-4-man-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opengl-4-man-doc

Remove opengl-4-man-doc Configurations and Data

To remove opengl-4-man-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opengl-4-man-doc

Remove opengl-4-man-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove opengl-4-man-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opengl-4-man-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opengl-4-man-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.