How To Install policykit-1-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install policykit-1-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is policykit-1-doc
policykit-1-doc is:
PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.
This package contains the API documentation of PolicyKit.
There are three methods to install policykit-1-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 policykit-1-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 policykit-1-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install policykit-1-doc
Install policykit-1-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install policykit-1-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install policykit-1-doc
Install policykit-1-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 policykit-1-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install policykit-1-doc
How To Uninstall policykit-1-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the policykit-1-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove policykit-1-doc
Uninstall policykit-1-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall policykit-1-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove policykit-1-doc
Remove policykit-1-doc Configurations and Data
To remove policykit-1-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge policykit-1-doc
Remove policykit-1-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove policykit-1-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge policykit-1-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install policykit-1-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
