How To Install skalibs-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install skalibs-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. skalibs-doc is Public domain general-purpose libraries (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install skalibs-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is skalibs-doc

skalibs-doc is:

skalibs is a set of general-purpose, low-level C libraries, all in the public domain. It can replace or hide the standard C library to some extent, and is designed to allow building of small, static binaries.

This package contains the documentation for the libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install skalibs-doc

Install skalibs-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install skalibs-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install skalibs-doc

How To Uninstall skalibs-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove skalibs-doc

Uninstall skalibs-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall skalibs-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skalibs-doc

Remove skalibs-doc Configurations and Data

To remove skalibs-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge skalibs-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install skalibs-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.