How To Install vim-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vim-doc
vim-doc is:
Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
This package contains the HTML version of the online documentation. It is built from the runtime/doc directory of the source tree.
There are three methods to install vim-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 vim-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 vim-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-doc
Install vim-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-doc
Install vim-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 vim-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-doc
How To Uninstall vim-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vim-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-doc
Uninstall vim-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-doc
Remove vim-doc Configurations and Data
To remove vim-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-doc
Remove vim-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
