How To Install reclass-doc on Debian 9

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

Introduction

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

What is reclass-doc

reclass-doc is:

reclass is an “external node classifier” (ENC) as can be used with automation tools, such as Puppet, Salt, and Ansible. It is also a stand-alone tool for merging data sources recursively.

This package provides the documentation for reclass.

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

sudo apt-get -y install reclass-doc

Install reclass-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install reclass-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install reclass-doc

How To Uninstall reclass-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove reclass-doc

Uninstall reclass-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove reclass-doc

Remove reclass-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge reclass-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

reclass-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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