How To Install sdf-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install sdf-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sdf-doc is Documentation and examples for the Simple Document Parser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdf-doc on Debian 12.

What is sdf-doc

sdf-doc is:

SDF (Simple Document Format) is a freely available document development system which generates high quality outputs in a variety of formats from a single source. The output formats supported include PostScript(tm), PDF, HTML, plain text, POD, man pages, LaTeX, MIF, SGML, Windows(tm) help, RTF, MIMS F6 help and MIMS HTX help. If the idea of specifying documents in a logical manner via a simple markup language sounds appealing, SDF may be useful to you.

There are three methods to install sdf-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sdf-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 sdf-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sdf-doc

Install sdf-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sdf-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install sdf-doc

How To Uninstall sdf-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove sdf-doc

Uninstall sdf-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sdf-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sdf-doc

Remove sdf-doc Configurations and Data

To remove sdf-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sdf-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

sdf-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdf-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.