How To Install scdoc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install scdoc on Kali Linux.

What is scdoc

scdoc is:

scdoc is a tool designed to make the process of writing man pages more friendly. It reads scdoc syntax from stdin and writes roff to stdout, suitable for reading with man(1).

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

Install scdoc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scdoc

Install scdoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install scdoc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install scdoc

Install scdoc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install scdoc

How To Uninstall scdoc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the scdoc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove scdoc

Uninstall scdoc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall scdoc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scdoc

Remove scdoc Configurations and Data

To remove scdoc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge scdoc

Remove scdoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scdoc

Dependencies

scdoc have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• scdoc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install scdoc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.