How To Install yorick-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-doc on Debian 9. yorick-doc is documentation for the Yorick interpreted language

Introduction

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

What is yorick-doc

yorick-doc is:

Yorick is an interpreted programming language for:

  • scientific simulations or calculations
  • postprocessing or steering large simulation codes
  • interactive scientific graphics
  • reading, writing, and translating large files of numbers

The Yorick package ships with little documentation: a manpage, the Yorick Manual in info format, and its own “help” command. This package adds the Yorick Manual and Quick Reference in PDF and HTML format and a utility (update-yorickdoc) to build HTML documentation for the set of functions (from Yorick and add-on packages) installed on this machine. By default, these pages are built and updated automatically whenever necessary.

Once this package is installed, simply point your preferred web browser to file:///usr/share/doc/yorick-doc/README.html .

There are three methods to install yorick-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 yorick-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 yorick-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yorick-doc

Install yorick-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yorick-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install yorick-doc

How To Uninstall yorick-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove yorick-doc

Uninstall yorick-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-doc

Remove yorick-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

yorick-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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