How To Install yaz-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install yaz-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. yaz-doc is Z39.50/SRW/SRU toolkit (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-doc on Debian 12.

What is yaz-doc

yaz-doc is:

YAZ is a toolkit for the development of client and server software built around the ANSI Z39.50 (ISO 23950) standard for information retrieval.

YAZ supports Z39.50-2003 (version 3), SRU versions 1.1 to 2.0, and the industry standard ZOOM API for Z39.50.

This package provides HTML documentation for YAZ.

There are three methods to install yaz-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaz-doc

Install yaz-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaz-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install yaz-doc

How To Uninstall yaz-doc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove yaz-doc

Uninstall yaz-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yaz-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaz-doc

Remove yaz-doc Configurations and Data

To remove yaz-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yaz-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

yaz-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.