How To Install context-doc-nonfree on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install context-doc-nonfree on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is context-doc-nonfree
context-doc-nonfree is:
The web site of ConTeXt provides a plethora of documents in pdf format documenting many features of ConTeXt and friends. These documents are only available as pdf documents.
There are three methods to install context-doc-nonfree 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 context-doc-nonfree Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install context-doc-nonfree using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install context-doc-nonfree
Install context-doc-nonfree Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install context-doc-nonfree using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install context-doc-nonfree
Install context-doc-nonfree 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 context-doc-nonfree using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install context-doc-nonfree
How To Uninstall context-doc-nonfree on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the context-doc-nonfree package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove context-doc-nonfree
Uninstall context-doc-nonfree And Its Dependencies
To uninstall context-doc-nonfree and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove context-doc-nonfree
Remove context-doc-nonfree Configurations and Data
To remove context-doc-nonfree configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge context-doc-nonfree
Remove context-doc-nonfree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove context-doc-nonfree configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge context-doc-nonfree
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install context-doc-nonfree package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
