How To Install rear-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rear-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rear-doc
rear-doc is:
It is a modular framework with many ready-to-go workflows for common situations. Relax-and-Recover produces a bootable image. This image can repartition the system. Once that is done it initiates a restore from backup. Restores to different hardware are possible. Relax-and-Recover can therefore be used as a migration tool as well.
This package contains the documentation of rear.
There are three methods to install rear-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 rear-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 rear-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rear-doc
Install rear-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rear-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rear-doc
Install rear-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 rear-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rear-doc
How To Uninstall rear-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rear-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rear-doc
Uninstall rear-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rear-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rear-doc
Remove rear-doc Configurations and Data
To remove rear-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rear-doc
Remove rear-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rear-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rear-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rear-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
