How To Install doc-linux-fr-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-linux-fr-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04. doc-linux-fr-pdf is Linux docs in French

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-linux-fr-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is doc-linux-fr-pdf

doc-linux-fr-pdf is:

This package installs the French versions of the current Linux HOWTOs, mini-HOWTOs as well as the “fcol-faq” French document in PDF format. Alternatively, HTML versions are provided in the doc-linux-fr-html package.

The version number reflects the month in which doc-linux-fr-pdf was created.

There are three methods to install doc-linux-fr-pdf 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 doc-linux-fr-pdf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install doc-linux-fr-pdf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install doc-linux-fr-pdf

Install doc-linux-fr-pdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doc-linux-fr-pdf

Install doc-linux-fr-pdf 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 doc-linux-fr-pdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install doc-linux-fr-pdf

How To Uninstall doc-linux-fr-pdf on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the doc-linux-fr-pdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove doc-linux-fr-pdf

Uninstall doc-linux-fr-pdf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doc-linux-fr-pdf

Remove doc-linux-fr-pdf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doc-linux-fr-pdf

Remove doc-linux-fr-pdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doc-linux-fr-pdf

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Summary

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