How To Install sqlite-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlite-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. sqlite-doc is SQLite 2 documentation

Introduction

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

What is sqlite-doc

sqlite-doc is:

SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. Programs that link with the SQLite library can have SQL database access without running a separate RDBMS process.

NOTE: This package is SQLite version 2. Most programs that use SQLite use SQLite version 3. See the “sqlite3-doc” package for that.

This package contains the documentation that is also available on the SQLite homepage.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sqlite-doc

Install sqlite-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sqlite-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install sqlite-doc

How To Uninstall sqlite-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove sqlite-doc

Uninstall sqlite-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqlite-doc

Remove sqlite-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sqlite-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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