How To Install dms-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dms-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. dms-doc is bind9 DNS Management System, HTML documentation

Introduction

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

What is dms-doc

dms-doc is:

This is the bind9 DNS Management System, documentation package.

This package contains the DMS manual as HTML. It is generated by sphinx.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dms-doc

Install dms-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dms-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install dms-doc

How To Uninstall dms-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dms-doc

Uninstall dms-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dms-doc

Remove dms-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dms-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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