How To Install docbook-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is docbook-utils
docbook-utils is:
The docbook-utils is a set of a few small programs intended to ease everyday use of technical documentation software and more generally use of SGML and XML.
Tasks they currently accomplish are:
- jw: convert DocBook files to other formats (HTML, RTF, Postscript, PDF).
- sgmldiff: detect the differences in markup between two SGML files.
- docbook2man: converts a DocBook refentry to a man page.
There are three methods to install docbook-utils 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 docbook-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install docbook-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install docbook-utils
Install docbook-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install docbook-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install docbook-utils
Install docbook-utils 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 docbook-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install docbook-utils
How To Uninstall docbook-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the docbook-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove docbook-utils
Uninstall docbook-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall docbook-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove docbook-utils
Remove docbook-utils Configurations and Data
To remove docbook-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge docbook-utils
Remove docbook-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove docbook-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docbook-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
