How To Install diceware-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install diceware-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. diceware-doc is Create memorizable passphrases from wordlists and various sources of randomness

Introduction

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

What is diceware-doc

diceware-doc is:

Passphrase generator following the proposals of Arnold G. Reinhold on http://diceware.com . It generates passphrases by concatenating words randomly picked from wordlists.

This package ships the Sphinx documentation built with diceware.

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

sudo apt-get -y install diceware-doc

Install diceware-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install diceware-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install diceware-doc

How To Uninstall diceware-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove diceware-doc

Uninstall diceware-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove diceware-doc

Remove diceware-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge diceware-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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