How To Install postgresql-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is postgresql-doc
postgresql-doc is:
This metapackage always depends on the currently supported PostgreSQL database documentation package.
PostgreSQL is a fully featured object-relational database management system. It supports a large part of the SQL standard and is designed to be extensible by users in many aspects. Some of the features are: ACID transactions, foreign keys, views, sequences, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions, outer joins, multiversion concurrency control. Graphical user interfaces and bindings for many programming languages are available as well.
There are three methods to install postgresql-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 postgresql-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 postgresql-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install postgresql-doc
Install postgresql-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install postgresql-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install postgresql-doc
Install postgresql-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 postgresql-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install postgresql-doc
How To Uninstall postgresql-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the postgresql-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove postgresql-doc
Uninstall postgresql-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall postgresql-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove postgresql-doc
Remove postgresql-doc Configurations and Data
To remove postgresql-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge postgresql-doc
Remove postgresql-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove postgresql-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postgresql-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
