How To Install yaz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. yaz-doc is YAZ Z39.50 toolkit (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is yaz-doc

yaz-doc is:

YAZ is a toolkit that allows you to develop software using the Z39.50/ISO23950 standard for information retrieval.

This package includes documentation for YAZ in HTML and PDF.

There are three methods to install yaz-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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

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