How To Install packagekit-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-docs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is packagekit-docs
packagekit-docs is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
This package provides documentation for PackageKit.
There are three methods to install packagekit-docs 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 packagekit-docs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-docs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install packagekit-docs
Install packagekit-docs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install packagekit-docs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install packagekit-docs
Install packagekit-docs 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 packagekit-docs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install packagekit-docs
How To Uninstall packagekit-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the packagekit-docs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove packagekit-docs
Uninstall packagekit-docs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall packagekit-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove packagekit-docs
Remove packagekit-docs Configurations and Data
To remove packagekit-docs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge packagekit-docs
Remove packagekit-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove packagekit-docs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge packagekit-docs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install packagekit-docs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
