How To Install debdelta-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debdelta-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is debdelta-doc
debdelta-doc is:
debdelta is a program suite designed to compute changes between Debian packages. These changes (deltas) are similar to the output of the “diff” program in that they may be used to store and transmit only the changes between Debian packages.
This package contains the documentation.
There are three methods to install debdelta-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 debdelta-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 debdelta-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debdelta-doc
Install debdelta-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debdelta-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debdelta-doc
Install debdelta-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 debdelta-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debdelta-doc
How To Uninstall debdelta-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the debdelta-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debdelta-doc
Uninstall debdelta-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debdelta-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debdelta-doc
Remove debdelta-doc Configurations and Data
To remove debdelta-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debdelta-doc
Remove debdelta-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debdelta-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debdelta-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debdelta-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
