How To Install therion-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install therion-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. therion-doc is Documentation for Therion Cave surveying software

Introduction

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

What is therion-doc

therion-doc is:

Therion is cave-survey drawing and modelling software. This package includes the thbook which is the specification for the therion data description language. This is not the easiest way to get started; there is much more documentation in the Therion wiki: https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php with introductory guides, FAQs and examples. Read those first to get an understanding of how it is used.

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

sudo apt-get -y install therion-doc

Install therion-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install therion-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install therion-doc

How To Uninstall therion-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove therion-doc

Uninstall therion-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove therion-doc

Remove therion-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge therion-doc

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

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

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

References

Summary

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