How To Install docbook-html-forms on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-html-forms on Kali Linux. docbook-html-forms is Extension to DocBook XML for generating html forms

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-html-forms on Kali Linux.

What is docbook-html-forms

docbook-html-forms is:

The DocBook HTML Forms module adds six new markup elements to DocBook XML for easy generation of HTML forms from XML source documents.

The HTML Forms module is a customization of the full DocBook XML V4.1.2 DTD.

There are three methods to install docbook-html-forms on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install docbook-html-forms Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install docbook-html-forms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install docbook-html-forms

Install docbook-html-forms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install docbook-html-forms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install docbook-html-forms

Install docbook-html-forms Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install docbook-html-forms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install docbook-html-forms

How To Uninstall docbook-html-forms on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the docbook-html-forms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove docbook-html-forms

Uninstall docbook-html-forms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall docbook-html-forms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove docbook-html-forms

Remove docbook-html-forms Configurations and Data

To remove docbook-html-forms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge docbook-html-forms

Remove docbook-html-forms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove docbook-html-forms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docbook-html-forms

Dependencies

docbook-html-forms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-html-forms package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.