How To Install putty-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install putty-doc on Debian 9. putty-doc is PuTTY HTML documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install putty-doc on Debian 9.

What is putty-doc

putty-doc is:

Full HTML documentation for the PuTTY suite of programs (PuTTY, pterm, Plink, PSCP, PSFTP, and PuTTYgen).

There are three methods to install putty-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install putty-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 putty-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install putty-doc

Install putty-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install putty-doc

Install putty-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install putty-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install putty-doc

How To Uninstall putty-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the putty-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove putty-doc

Uninstall putty-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall putty-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove putty-doc

Remove putty-doc Configurations and Data

To remove putty-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge putty-doc

Remove putty-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge putty-doc

Dependencies

putty-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install putty-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.