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

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

Introduction

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

What is doc-linux-fr-text

doc-linux-fr-text is:

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

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

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

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

Install doc-linux-fr-text Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall doc-linux-fr-text And Its Dependencies

To uninstall doc-linux-fr-text 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-text

Remove doc-linux-fr-text Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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