How To Install xmltoman on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmltoman on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xmltoman
xmltoman is:
xmltoman and xmlmantohtml are two small scripts to convert xml to man pages in groff format or html. It features the usual man page items such a “description”, “options”, “see also” etc.
There are three methods to install xmltoman 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 xmltoman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xmltoman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmltoman
Install xmltoman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xmltoman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmltoman
Install xmltoman 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 xmltoman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmltoman
How To Uninstall xmltoman on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xmltoman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmltoman
Uninstall xmltoman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmltoman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmltoman
Remove xmltoman Configurations and Data
To remove xmltoman configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmltoman
Remove xmltoman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xmltoman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmltoman
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmltoman package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
