How To Install owfs-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install owfs-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is owfs-doc
owfs-doc is:
The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.
Documentation for OWFS in ‘man’ format. This package contains the manpages for 1-Wire, including the device-specific manpages.
There are three methods to install owfs-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 owfs-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 owfs-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install owfs-doc
Install owfs-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install owfs-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install owfs-doc
Install owfs-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 owfs-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install owfs-doc
How To Uninstall owfs-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the owfs-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove owfs-doc
Uninstall owfs-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall owfs-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove owfs-doc
Remove owfs-doc Configurations and Data
To remove owfs-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge owfs-doc
Remove owfs-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove owfs-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge owfs-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install owfs-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
