How To Install doc-rfc-misc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-rfc-misc on Ubuntu 18.04. doc-rfc-misc is Historic and draft RFCs

Introduction

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

What is doc-rfc-misc

doc-rfc-misc is:

RFC (Request for Comments) documents are a series of technical and organizational notes about the Internet. They are edited by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

This package includes the following categories:

  • Historic
  • drafts currently in the RFC Editor’s publishing queue

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

sudo apt-get -y install doc-rfc-misc

Install doc-rfc-misc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doc-rfc-misc

Install doc-rfc-misc 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-rfc-misc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install doc-rfc-misc

How To Uninstall doc-rfc-misc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove doc-rfc-misc

Uninstall doc-rfc-misc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doc-rfc-misc

Remove doc-rfc-misc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doc-rfc-misc

Remove doc-rfc-misc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doc-rfc-misc

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Summary

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