How To Install doc-rfc-old-std on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-rfc-old-std on Ubuntu 18.04. doc-rfc-old-std is Old Standard RFCs

Introduction

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

What is doc-rfc-old-std

doc-rfc-old-std 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:

  • Obsoleted Standards
  • Obsoleted Draft Standards
  • Obsoleted Proposed Standards

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

sudo apt-get -y install doc-rfc-old-std

Install doc-rfc-old-std Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doc-rfc-old-std

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

sudo aptitude -y install doc-rfc-old-std

How To Uninstall doc-rfc-old-std on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove doc-rfc-old-std

Uninstall doc-rfc-old-std And Its Dependencies

To uninstall doc-rfc-old-std 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-old-std

Remove doc-rfc-old-std Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doc-rfc-old-std

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doc-rfc-old-std

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Summary

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