How To Install bzr-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzr-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. bzr-doc is easy to use distributed version control system (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is bzr-doc

bzr-doc is:

Bazaar is a distributed version control system designed to be easy to use and intuitive, able to adapt to many workflows, reliable, and easily extendable.

Publishing of branches can be done over plain HTTP, that is, no special software is needed on the server to host Bazaar branches. Branches can be pushed to the server via sftp (which most SSH installations come with), FTP, or over a custom and faster protocol if bzr is installed in the remote end.

Merging in Bazaar is easy, as the implementation is able to avoid many spurious conflicts, deals well with repeated merges between branches, and is able to handle modifications to renamed files correctly.

Bazaar is written in Python, and has a flexible plugin interface which can be used to extend its functionality. Many plugins exist, providing useful commands (bzrtools), graphical interfaces (qbzr), or native interaction with Subversion branches (bzr-svn).

This package provides the documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bzr-doc

Install bzr-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bzr-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install bzr-doc

How To Uninstall bzr-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bzr-doc

Uninstall bzr-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bzr-doc

Remove bzr-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bzr-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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