How To Install bash-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bash-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. bash-doc is Documentation and examples for the GNU Bourne Again SHell

Introduction

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

What is bash-doc

bash-doc is:

Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).

This package contains the distributable documentation, all the examples and the main changelog.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bash-doc

Install bash-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bash-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install bash-doc

How To Uninstall bash-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bash-doc

Uninstall bash-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bash-doc

Remove bash-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bash-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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