How To Install swig-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swig-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is swig-doc
swig-doc is:
This is a dependency package providing the documentation of the default version of SWIG in Debian.
There are three methods to install swig-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 swig-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 swig-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swig-doc
Install swig-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swig-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swig-doc
Install swig-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 swig-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swig-doc
How To Uninstall swig-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the swig-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swig-doc
Uninstall swig-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swig-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swig-doc
Remove swig-doc Configurations and Data
To remove swig-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swig-doc
Remove swig-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swig-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swig-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swig-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.