How To Install zypper-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install zypper-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. zypper-doc is command line software manager using libzypp (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zypper-doc on Debian 10.

What is zypper-doc

zypper-doc is:

Zypper is a command line tool for managing software. It can be used to add package repositories, search for packages, install, remove, or update packages, install patches, hardware drivers, verify dependencies, and more. Zypper can be used interactively or non-interactively by user, from scripts, or front-ends.

This package contains the documentation files of the zypper software manager.

There are three methods to install zypper-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install zypper-doc

Install zypper-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zypper-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install zypper-doc

How To Uninstall zypper-doc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove zypper-doc

Uninstall zypper-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zypper-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zypper-doc

Remove zypper-doc Configurations and Data

To remove zypper-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zypper-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

zypper-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zypper-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.