How To Install s6-doc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install s6-doc on Debian 10.
What is s6-doc
s6-doc is:
s6 is a small suite of programs for UNIX, designed to allow process supervision (a.k.a service supervision), in the line of daemontools and runit, as well as various operations on processes and daemons. It is meant to be a toolbox for low-level process and service administration, providing different sets of independent tools that can be used within or without the framework, and that can be assembled together to achieve powerful functionality with a very small amount of code.
This package contains documentation files.
There are three methods to install s6-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install s6-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 s6-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install s6-doc
Install s6-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install s6-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install s6-doc
Install s6-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 s6-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install s6-doc
How To Uninstall s6-doc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the s6-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove s6-doc
Uninstall s6-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall s6-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove s6-doc
Remove s6-doc Configurations and Data
To remove s6-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge s6-doc
Remove s6-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove s6-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge s6-doc
Dependencies
s6-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install s6-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.