How To Install pybind11-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybind11-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. pybind11-doc is documentation for pybind11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybind11-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is pybind11-doc

pybind11-doc is:

pybind11 is a lightweight header library that exposes C++ types in Python and vice versa, mainly to create Python bindings of existing C++ code. Its goals and syntax are similar to the excellent Boost.Python library by David Abrahams: to minimize boilerplate code in traditional extension modules by inferring type information using compile-time introspection.

This package provides the documentation.

There are three methods to install pybind11-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 pybind11-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 pybind11-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pybind11-doc

Install pybind11-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pybind11-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pybind11-doc

Install pybind11-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 pybind11-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pybind11-doc

How To Uninstall pybind11-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the pybind11-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pybind11-doc

Uninstall pybind11-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pybind11-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pybind11-doc

Remove pybind11-doc Configurations and Data

To remove pybind11-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pybind11-doc

Remove pybind11-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pybind11-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pybind11-doc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybind11-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.