How To Install vdirsyncer-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdirsyncer-doc on Debian 9.

What is vdirsyncer-doc

vdirsyncer-doc is:

Vdirsyncer synchronizes your calendars and addressbooks between two storages. The most popular purpose is to synchronize a CalDAV/CardDAV server with a local folder or file. The local data can then be accessed via a variety of programs, none of which have to know or worry about syncing to a server.

It aims to be for CalDAV and CardDAV what OfflineIMAP is for IMAP.

This package contains the documentation for vdirsyncer.

There are three methods to install vdirsyncer-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdirsyncer-doc

Install vdirsyncer-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vdirsyncer-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install vdirsyncer-doc

How To Uninstall vdirsyncer-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove vdirsyncer-doc

Uninstall vdirsyncer-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vdirsyncer-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdirsyncer-doc

Remove vdirsyncer-doc Configurations and Data

To remove vdirsyncer-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vdirsyncer-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

vdirsyncer-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-sphinxdoc
• sphinx-rtd-theme-common

References

• vdirsyncer-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdirsyncer-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.