How To Install awl-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install awl-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. awl-doc is Andrews Web Libraries - API documentation

Introduction

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

What is awl-doc

awl-doc is:

This package documents Andrew’s Web Libraries. This is a set of hopefully lightweight libraries for handling a variety of useful things for web programming, including:

  • Session management
  • User management
  • DB Records
  • Simple reporting
  • DB Schema Updating
  • iCalendar parsing

This package contains detailed technical documentation for the classes and methods in these libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install awl-doc

Install awl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install awl-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install awl-doc

How To Uninstall awl-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove awl-doc

Uninstall awl-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall awl-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove awl-doc

Remove awl-doc Configurations and Data

To remove awl-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge awl-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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